Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (SportsNetwork.com) – Jack Wilson birdied the first playoff hole on Sunday to win the WA Goldfields PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
Wilson closed with an even-par 72 to end alongside Nick Gillespie (69) at 10- under-par 278 on the Kalgoorlie Golf Course.<\/p>\n
Back on the par-5 18th for the playoff, Gillespie hit into desert and failed to get up and down for birdie as Wilson made his birdie try to earn his first professional title.<\/p>\n
Wilson, 22, birdied the second and fourth, but stumbled to a bogey at the fifth. Around the turn, he birdied the par-5 11th, but faltered to a double bogey at the par-4 15th to drop back to 10-under. Wilson parred out to force the playoff.<\/p>\n
Gillespie, who was in the penultimate group, bogeyed the third to slide to minus-6. He came back with consecutive birdies at seven and eight, and again at 12 and 13 to jump to minus-10. He closed with five pars in a row to force the extra session.<\/p>\n
Adam Bland and James Nitties both shot 70 on Sunday to share third at minus-9, while Jordan Sherrat shot 69 to grab fifth at 7-under 281.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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