BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Mike Miller of Brewster, NY, won the sixth extra hole Thursday for his 11th victory on the Minor League Golf Tour, two-putting from 20 feet for the win moments before Germany’s Florian Kolberg missed a short par putt to extend the playoff.
Playing the East course at Indian Spring Country Club, Miller outlasted Kolberg and James Driscoll of Brookline, Mass., after they tied at 69. A fourth player at three under par, Matt Hill of Palm Beach Gardens, was unavailable for the playoff.
Miller, Kolberg and Driscoll halved the first three extra holes with pars of 5, 3 and 4. Driscoll was eliminated with par-4 at the fourth when Miller and Kolberg birdied. The two survivors tied the fifth with par-4's and the match ended with Miller’s par at No. 6.
In regulation, Miller made six birdies, a bogey and a double bogey; Kolberg and Hill four birdies and a bogey apiece; and Driscoll seven birdies, two bogeys and a double.
Miller earned $675 from the $3,230 purse, $116.67 from an optional bonus pool and $43.34 in the skins game for a total of $835.01.
The MLGT’s 108th tournament of the year drew 26 starters. Three 18-hole events are scheduled next week: Monday, CC of Coral Springs; Wednesday, Sandhill Crane GC, Palm Beach Gardens; and Thursday, Jupiter CC.