Bob Tway barely managed a smile as his bogey putt dropped into the hole for his first win since 1995.

Tway defeated Brad Faxon on the third play-off hole to win the Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario, and end a victory drought that had lasted 213 tournaments.

After both players parred the first play-off hole, Faxon had a chance to win at the second but missed a five-foot birdie putt.

The advantage seemed to be with Tway as he hit his approach 18 feet from the pin, but Faxon blasted out of a fairway bunker.

Tway missed his birdie attempt, then watched Faxon keep the play-off going.

The duo returned to the par-four 18th for the third play-off hole and Faxon was in trouble from the start but chipped to 15 feet only to miss a bogey putt.

Tway put his third shot on the green and two-putted for a bogey and his eighth career win.

"I know it's been eight years since I've won," Tway said. "I thought last night that anything could happen. It was a good round under the circumstances."

Tway and Faxon finished 72 holes at eight under par on 272.

Tway fired his second straight four-under 66 while Faxon carded a 67.

Tom Pernice had the lead midway through the final round and pulled back to eight under at the 17th hole.

But he bogeyed the 18th, missing a 15-foot par putt to fall out of the play-off into third place.

Hidemichi Tanaka of Japan took a two-shot lead into the final round but it disappeared before he teed off as the field came charging back.

And with 23 players scoring in the 60s, he struggled to a one-over 71 and shared fourth place with Korea's KJ Choi at six under on 274.

Fred Funk had a hole-in-one at the 224-yard sixth hole to get to eight under, then bogeyed the next three holes and never recovered.

Fiji's Vijay Singh finished with a 68 to tie for sixth place.

The world's fourth-ranked player never recovered from an opening-round 75.

Jay Don Blake recorded the tournament's first hole-in-one at the 224-yard 13th and also eagled the 17th en route to a 65 but finished seven strokes back on 279.

Masters champion Mike Weir, an Ontario native, closed with a 69 and finished five shots back on 277.

Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated, a-amateur, Par 70):

272 Bob Tway 70 70 66 66, Brad Faxon 67 72 66 67 (Tway won play-off at the third extra hole)

273 Tom Pernice Jr 68 72 65 68

274 K.J. Choi (Kor) 71 70 67 66, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 66 70 67 71

275 Fred Funk 69 68 68 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 75 67 65 68

276 Matt Gogel 69 70 70 67, Loren Roberts 70 67 71 68

277 Mike Weir (Can) 69 69 70 69

278 Stephen Allan (Aus) 72 66 69 71, Tommy Armour III 68 71 70 69, Garrett Willis 70 69 69 70

279 Jay Don Blake 71 72 71 65, Tom Byrum 67 69 73 70, Bob Estes 70 69 71 69, Paul Goydos 71 70 67 71, Charles Howell III 67 68 70 74, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72 70 70 67, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 69 72 67, Len Mattiace 71 69 70 69, Jeff Sluman 72 69 71 67

280 Stephen Ames (Tri) 72 69 69 70, Glen Day 67 73 73 67, David Edwards 71 69 70 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 72 68 71, Tom Lehman 68 69 74 69, Chris Riley 69 70 69 72, Patrick Sheehan 68 73 69 70

281 Dicky Pride 70 72 70 69, Mike Standly 75 67 70 69

282 Aaron Barber 75 68 67 72, Jeff Brehaut 68 71 70 73, Kelly Gibson 67 70 75 70, Neal Lancaster 75 65 73 69, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 72 70 70 70, Dennis Paulson 74 69 65 74, Pat Perez 71 72 68 71, John Riegger 71 70 74 67, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 69 68 71, Scott Verplank 72 70 73 67

283 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 69 71 72, Donnie Hammond 72 71 68 72, a-Hunter Mahan 73 69 70 71, Dave Rummells 73 70 69 71, David Sutherland 71 71 73 68

284 Chris Anderson 71 71 72 70, Paul Azinger 70 68 76 70, Jason Buha 70 70 70 74, Carlos Franco (Par) 74 67 70 73, David Frost (Rsa) 73 66 71 74, Kent Jones 71 68 72 73, Joey Sindelar 74 68 71 71, Mike Springer 72 67 69 76

285 Michael Harris 71 72 71 71, Andy Miller 69 73 70 73, John Morgan (Gbr) 71 72 71 71, Mark Wilson 74 68 70 73

286 Jim Carter 70 72 69 75, Derek Gillespie (Can) 69 74 73 70, Jim McGovern 71 68 75 72, Jon Mills (Can) 71 72 72 71, Brett Quigley 71 72 72 71, Steve Stricker 74 68 72 72, Kaname Yokoo (Jpn) 73 70 73 70

287 Briny Baird 71 66 78 72, Todd Fischer 70 73 68 76, Paul Gow (Aus) 73 67 74 73, Mike Grob 71 69 73 74, Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 71 70 74 72, Corey Pavin 73 70 72 72

288 a-Christopher Baryla 0 71 68 77 72, Olin Browne 70 71 72 75, Kenichi Kuboya 69 67 74 78, David Morland IV 71 70 71 76, Mike Sposa 72 71 73 72

289 Guy Boros 72 69 74 74

293 Bill Glasson 68 71 78 76, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 72 70 75 76

297 Jeff Klein 71 72 76 78