Woody Austin bounced back from a bogey on the final hole of regulation play to birdie the first hole of a sudden-death play-off with Tim Herron and win the Buick Championship at the TPC at River Highlands.

Austin, 40, shot a four-under-par 66 for his first PGA Tour victory since the 1995 Buick Open, which he also won in a play-off.

The play-off hole was the par-four 18th, where Herron pulled his drive left into deep rough but managed a two-putt par, forcing Austin to make his putt. Austin drained a six-foot birdie to win for the first time in 274 events.

Herron and Austin entered the final round tied for sixth. Herron forced the play-off with a birdie on the final hole, bouncing back from a double-bogey six on 17 that seemed to doom his chances of victory.

Both Austin and Herron made their moves on the back nine as other contenders faltered. Austin birdied five of the first six holes coming in. Meanwhile, Herron's final nine holes were a bit more adventurous.

He went birdie-birdie-bogey before recording an eagle on the par-five 13th. Herron also sandwiched his double on 17 with birdies on 16 and 18.

Fred Funk entered the final round with a one-stroke lead but bogeyed four of five holes on the back nine and finishing with an even-par 70.

Tom Pernice Jnr (67) and Zach Johnson (66) finished in a tie for third with Funk at nine-under 271.

First-round leader Corey Pavin was unable to get anything going and shot an even-par 70. He finished tied for sixth with Matt Gogel and Jason Bohn.

Collated final round scores and totals:

270 Woody Austin 68 70 66 66 (Won playoff by one shot at the 18th), Tim Herron 70 69 65 66

271 Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 66 68 67, Zach Johnson 67 65 73 66, Fred Funk 66 66 69 70

272 Jason Bohn 71 67 69 65, Corey Pavin 62 72 68 70, Matt Gogel 67 69 69 67

273 Tom Byrum 69 66 67 71, Kevin Sutherland 70 70 67 66, Todd Fischer 71 69 67 66, Jeff Sluman 72 69 70 62

274 Kirk Triplett 68 67 69 70, Omar Uresti 68 70 67 69, Jerry Kelly 66 71 70 67, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 68 69 67 70, Hank Kuehne 68 65 71 70, Brad Faxon 69 68 70 67, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 68 72 70 64, Robert Damron 71 68 68 67

275 Hunter Mahan 71 67 65 72, Frank Lickliter II 73 68 67 67, Bo Van Pelt 69 68 68 70, Jose Coceres (Arg) 68 66 70 71, Craig Barlow 73 66 69 67, Loren Roberts 67 72 69 67

276 Brent Geiberger 71 67 68 70, Olin Browne 69 68 71 68, David Peoples 66 70 73 67, Garrett Willis 72 66 71 67

Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 67 71 74 64

277 Jay Williamson 68 71 67 71, Ted Purdy 73 66 68 70, Tim Petrovic 68 70 74 65, Kevin Na (Kor) 72 67 69 69, Joey Sindelar 68 67 68 74, Heath Slocum 70 71 69 67, J.L. Lewis 71 70 67 69, Craig Bowden 66 73 71 67, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 71 68 65 73, Joe Durant 69 69 68 71, John Senden (Aus) 69 70 70 68, Cameron Beckman 71 69 67 70

278 Billy Mayfair 68 71 69 70, Billy Andrade 72 67 71 68, Jason Dufner 66 70 70 72, Jonathan Byrd 72 67 70 69, Brian Kortan 70 71 69 68

279 Ken Duke 68 69 70 72, Pat Bates 70 70 71 68, Chris Nallen 69 70 74 66, Skip Kendall 69 69 66 75, Aaron Barber 70 69 70 70

280 Vaughn Taylor 71 69 70 70, Mike Heinen 70 69 72 69, Bart Bryant 70 69 69 72, J J Henry 69 72 71 68

281 Bob Burns 65 70 70 76, Matt Weibring 65 72 74 70, Bill Haas 70 69 69 73

282 Pat Perez 69 69 70 74, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 69 66 74 73, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 70 71 73, Ryan Palmer 68 73 71 70, Craig Perks (Nzl) 69 71 75 67, Michael Allen (Irl) 69 72 68 73

283 Robert Gamez 69 66 70 78, Steve Pate 71 70 69 73, Hirofumi Miyase (Jpn) 72 68 73 70, Russ Cochran 68 73 71 71

284 Justin Rose (Eng) 71 70 71 72, Roland Thatcher 70 69 75 70, Scott Simpson 67 69 76 72, Brian Harman 73 67 71 73

285 Patrick Sheehan 70 71 73 71, Tag Ridings 67 71 77 70

286 Dicky Pride 71 70 78 67, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 73 73 72

292 Scott Hend (Eng) 71 70 71 80