Scot earns biggest prize of $810,000 for finishing second

Kuchar beats Laird in play-off for Barclays

Matt Kuchar beat Martin Laird at the first hole of a sudden death play-off climax to The Barclays tournament at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey.

Kuchar made up five shots on Laird with a final round of 66 for a total of 12-under-par 272, the same as Laird who closed with a 71.

They had finished two shots ahead of Steve Stricker and Kevin Streelman.

Laird, pictured above, had a double-bogey 7 at the long third and bogeys at fourth, short eighth and - crucially - the 18th where he three-putted. He birdied the first, second, sixth, 12th and 17th. Kuchar birdied two late holes to get into the play-off. His cheque for more than $1million makes him the leading US PGA Tour money-winner this season with in excess of $4million.

Laird's cash prize for a great effort was $810,000, his biggest yet in his pro career. He has now won $1,562,764 this season and is 43rd on the US PGA Tour money list. Tiger Woods finished with a 67 for 277, sharing 12th place with Paul Casey who, ironically, after being left out of Colin Montgomerie's Ryder Cup squad, finished a shot ahead of Ian Poulter, Luke Donald and Justin Rose.
Donald had a bizarre last round of 68. He birdied the first six holes  and was leading the tournament at that point. He reached the turn in 28 ... then got the message that he had been selected for the Ryder Cup ... and took 40 shots to come home!
"I lost my concentration completely," said Luke.

Padraig Harrington dropped like a stone down the final standings with a last round of four-over 75. But he still finished ahead of Rory McIlroy who had a disappointing tournament. Both Harrington and McIlroy are in Monty's Ryder Cup line-up.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
272 Matt Kuchar 68 69 69 66, Martin Laird 69 67 65 71 (Kuchar bt Laird at second hole of sudden-death play-off).
274 Steve Stricker 70 70 68 66, Kevin Streelman 72 63 71 68.
275 Rory Sabbatini 6874 6964, Vaughn Taylor 65 70 71 69, Ryan Palmer 66 74 66 69, Jason Day 67 67 70 71.
276 Heath Slocum 67 71 70 68, Adam Scott 66 71 68 71, Dustin Johnson 71 69 64 72.
277 Ben Crane 67 70 73 67, Tiger Woods 65 73 72 67, Paul Casey 69 69 70 69.
278 Stewart Cink 67 69 73 69, Luke Donald 70 72 68 68, Angel Cabrera 68 71 69 70, Ian Poulter 70 72 66 70, John Senden 67 69 70 72, Justin Rose 72 69 65 72.
279 Tim Petrovic 68 69 75 67, Chris Couch 67 72 72 68, D J Trahan 67 71 72 69, Zach Johnson 69 69 71 70, Brian Gay 66 72 71 70, Retief Goosen 70 70 69 70.
280 Charley Hoffman 68 72 70 70, J P Hayes 72 69 67 72, Ryuji Imada 72 65 70 73.
281 Davis Love III 67 74 72 68, Sean O'Hair 69 70 72 70, Bubba Watson 71 70 70 70, Greg Chalmers 70 71 69 71, Hunter Mahan 70 71 69 71.
282 Bryce Molder 72 67 74 69 282, Justin Leonard 71 71 71 69, Nick Watney 69 71 72 70, Marc Leishman 70 70 71 71, Michael Sim 69 70 71 72, Kevin Na 72 69 69 72, Troy Matteson 71 69 70 72, Stephen Ames 73 69 69 72, Webb Simpson 72 65 72 73, Josh Teater 68 71 70 73, Rickie Fowler 71 70 67 74.
283 Y E Yang 73 67 74 69, Robert Allenby 73 67 74 69, D A Points 70 70 72 71, Bill Haas 69 73 67 74, Padraig Harrington 69 68 71 75.
284 Jimmy Walker 68 74 71 71, Andres Romero 73 69 70 72, Stuart Appleby 70 71 71 72, Robert Garrigus 69 72 69 74.
285 Jonathan Byrd 67 72 75 71, Jeff Overton 68 73 73 71, Aaron Baddeley 72 70 72 71, Rory McIlroy 68 74 71 72.
286 Brian Davis 72 70 75 69, Chad Campbell 72 69 72 73, Matt Jones 72 70 70 74, Pat Perez 67 73 70 76.
287 Chad Collins 68 74 73 72, Spencer Levin 72 69 73 73, David Duval 68 72 72 75, Camilo Villegas 67 74 71 75.
288 Scott Verplank 67 75 73 73, Kenny Perry 72 70 75 71, John Merrick 73 69 73 73.
289 Ernie Els 71 71 73 74.
291 J J Henry 68 73 77 73.