AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Cameron Smith's aggressiveness on the TPC Louisiana's water-lined 16th hole appeared to doom his team's chances of winning the Zurich Classic when his 294-yard drive bounced off an embankment near the green and into the water.
Smith's teammate, fellow Australian Marc Leishman, then flipped the script with a deft chip.
Leishman made birdie after a penalty drop in the rough, about 23 feet from the pin, pulling him and Smith into a tie with the South African duo of Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel that wasn't broken until the Aussies won the first playoff hole Sunday.
"(Smith) hit a really good shot. It was the right club and the right shot, just drifted a little in the wind," Leishman said. "I was just concentrating on my game and I was lucky enough to be on the up slope.