GOLD COAST, Australia — Greg Chalmers parred the seventh hole of a playoff while Adam Scott three-putted for bogey to give the Australian his second Australian PGA championship in four years on Sunday.
Chalmers, who shot 64 after trailing the leaders by seven strokes going into the final round, tied Scott (71) and Wade Ormsby (71) with 72-hole totals of 11-under 277.
Ormsby dropped out of the playoff when he parred the third playoff hole at Royal Pines, while Chalmers and Scott made birdie.
Scott missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole that would have won it, and did the same on the second extra hole, when Ormsby missed from 7 feet.
Chalmers finished his round about an hour before the other two players in the playoff. He won his first Australian PGA Championship in 2011, also following a three-way playoff.
Scott had four opportunities to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup with birdie putts during the playoff but failed to make any. When he missed a four-foot putt for par on the seventh playoff hole, Chalmers sealed the win with a near tap-in.
"Just phenomenal, I'm worn out," the 41-year-old Chalmers said. "I was all over the place ... really excited and thrilled."
The playoff was the longest for a top-tier tournament in Australia.