Associated Press
Sunday, November 19

MIAMI -- Scott McCarron and Brad Faxon birdied the first hole of a playoff with Carlos Franco and Scott Hoch to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Sunday.

McCarron and Faxon, who earned $200,000 each, shot a 12-under 60 in the final-round scramble for a 26-under 190 total on the Greg Norman-designed Great White course at Doral.

"We came here with an attitude to win," said Faxon, who holed the winning 2-foot putt. "We pulled so hard for each other. When you play by yourself you tend to get down, but not in a format like this one."

McCarron is among the game's longest drivers, averaging 288.5 yards, fifth-best on the PGA Tour, while Faxon led the tour in putting the last two years.

"Once we got on the greens, Brad kept rolling them in," McCarron said. "I felt it was my job to show him the line."

McCarron and Faxon birdied six of the last seven holes, with Faxon holing a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to tie the team for the lead at 25-under. Both teams birdied the par-5 18th hole, setting up the playoff.

The playoff began at No. 18, using an alternate-shot format.

Faxon's second shot, a 4-wood from 242 yards, landed just off the green, and McCarron putted it to 2 feet.

Hoch pushed his tee shot into an adjacent fairway, leaving Franco a difficult approach. Franco pulled his second shot into the coquina sand, about 90 yards from the hole. Hoch hit a wedge shot to about 25 feet, and Franco's putt came up short.

Chris DiMarco and Olin Brown shot a 60 to finish third at 192. Norman and Steve Elkington were seventh at 198.