Viktor Hovland capped off a gritty rally when he made a 7-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Monday morning and won the Travelers Championship when Scottie Scheffler missed a 4-foot birdie putt.
Scheffler had to make an 8-foot par in near darkness Sunday night to force the playoff.
They returned for one hole, which did not lack for drama or atmosphere. Both found the middle of the fairway on the par-4 18th. Scheffler hit his approach to 4 feet as some 3,000 fans surrounding the green erupted in cheers.
Hovland responded, just as he did on the back nine Sunday when he made up a two-shot deficit, hitting his approach to 6 feet. His birdie putt downhill with a sharp left-to-right break barely caught the inside right of the cup.
Scheffler played his outside the left edge, with a little too much impact and it rolled over the left edge.