Craig Parry played the shot of the year to win a play-off for the Ford Championship at Doral.

The Australian holed a six-iron from 176 yards at the first extra hole, the par-four 18th, to beat a stunned Scott Verplank.

Parry pumped his right first, threw his club into the air and hugged his brother and caddie Glenn.

"I guess he was supposed to win," said Verplank, who broke into a smile of resignation when he saw Parry's ball disappear.

The pair finished the four rounds level at 17 under par on 271 at Doral's "Blue Monster" course - one shot ahead of South Africa's Retief Goosen.

Parry's shot is destined to be shown on golf's highlight reels for years to come and he has his brother to thank for talking him into hitting a six-iron.

"I was going to hit a five-iron and he goes, 'no, six-iron is perfect'," Parry admitted. "I was a little pumped up, so I knew it was going to go a little bit further than usual.

"I knew it was going to be within four or five feet. When it landed, seeing it on the green and seeing it trickle, and then the crowd going absolutely nuts, I knew it was in the hole."

The victory gives him a fighting chance of qualifying for next year's Masters.

To be exempt, he has to be ranked in the world's top 50, or the top 10 on the PGA Tour money list, at the end of this month.

This was his first start of the year on the PGA Tour, and he jumps to 13th on the money list.

Joe Durant carded a final round 68 to miss the play-off by a stroke.

Meanwhile, David Toms missed a short putt on the last and dropped into a tie for fourth alongside Bernhard Langer, Gene Sauers and KJ Choi.

Phil Mickelson, who started the day two shots behind Parry, shot a 74 to match his worst round of the year and dropped tie for 24th place.

Collated final scores from the USPGA Tour Ford Championship At Doral, Doral Golf Resort and Spa, Miami, Florida (USA unless stated, Par 72):

271 Craig Parry (Aus) 71 65 67 68, Scott Verplank 67 72 65 67

(Parry won play-off at first extra hole)

272 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 68 71 66

273 Joe Durant 66 72 67 68

274 KJ Choi (Kor) 70 69 66 69, Gene Sauers 70 70 64 70, David Toms 72 68 65 69, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 75 68 66 65

275 Danny Ellis 69 69 67 70, Mark Calcavecchia 68 69 70 68

276 Chris DiMarco 68 70 67 71, Neal Lancaster 71 68 72 65, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 70 69 69 68, Nick Price (Zim) 72 70 65 69

277 Alexander Cejka (Ger) 69 68 69 71, Todd Hamilton 68 68 71 70

278 Heath Slocum 70 74 68 66, John Riegger 68 73 66 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 69 69 70, Stewart Cink 70 69 69 70, Woody Austin 73 69 70 66, Fred Funk 71 69 70 68, Robert Gamez 73 71 66 68

279 Russ Cochran 74 71 66 68, Phil Mickelson 67 69 69 74, Dennis Paulson 68 70 71 70

280 Craig Perks (Nzl) 68 69 73 70, Chris Smith 65 76 71 68, Stephen Ames (Tri) 71 69 70 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 71 70 67 72

281 Bo Van Pelt 70 74 70 67, Kenny Perry 72 70 68 71, Ryan Palmer 72 70 73 66

282 Brian Bateman 70 75 71 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 71 66 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 74 69 66 73, Cliff Kresge 74 71 70 67, Briny Baird 68 75 70 69, Jeff Sluman 70 72 69 71, Jay Haas 73 67 71 71, Shaun Micheel 72 71 70 69, Brett Quigley 73 70 67 72, Patrick Sheehan 71 74 70 67

283 Jose Coceres (Arg) 71 72 67 73, Joey Sindelar 74 71 70 68, Tommy Armour III 71 72 68 72, Jerry Kelly 70 74 70 69, Skip Kendall 69 70 76 68, Justin Leonard 70 69 74 70, Billy Mayfair 70 74 69 70, Dan Olsen 72 71 71 69

284 Craig Barlow 70 74 68 72, Olin Browne 70 74 71 69, Paul Azinger 71 70 71 72, David Peoples 71 71 72 70

285 Dean Wilson 72 71 73 69, Hunter Mahan 74 69 73 69, Erik Compton 73 70 70 72, Sven Struver 73 70 74 68, Hank Kuehne 72 71 69 73, Marco Dawson 72 72 68 73, Michael Allen (Irl) 72 71 69 73, Scott Hoch 70 74 71 70

286 John Senden (Aus) 71 73 70 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 77 68 75 66, Notah Begay III 76 69 72 69, Omar Uresti 73 72 71 70, Lee Janzen 72 70 69 75

287 Joe Ogilvie 72 73 71 71, Ted Purdy 71 73 70 73, Bill Glasson 73 72 73 69, JL Lewis 73 72 71 71

288 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 73 72 71 72

289 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 72 69 77, JJ Henry 73 70 71 75, Carlos Franco (Par) 71 74 70 74, Tom Carter 74 71 72 72

290 Tim Clark 68 76 75 71

292 Tripp Isenhour 70 75 73 74