Nick Price's putter finally came through for him as he sank a 16-foot birdie putt at the second extra hole to beat Jeff Sluman in a playoff and win the St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee for the second time yesterday.

"I guess I was due for one that length," said the 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who earlier squandered a chance to win in regulation when he lipped-out a six-foot birdie attempt on the 72nd hole at the Southwind TPC course.

"I think this is my 40th career victory, which is a real milestone for me. One more and I catch my age," added Price, who also won this event in 1993.

Price shot a closing 66, while Sluman's 65 matched the day's best score. They finished at 16under 268, two strokes ahead of Glen Day (65), who bogeyed the final hole.

Richie Coughlan ended on 289, all of 21 shots off the leader after shooting a 73 yesterday to add to his 75 on Saturday.

Final Round Scores (U.S. unless noted): 268 N Price (Zim) 65 67 70 66, Jeff Sluman 70 67 66 65; 270 - G Day 69 64 72 65; 271 - B Estes 68 67 67 69; 272 - T Conley 68 68 67 69; 274 - P Goydos 72 66 69 67; 275 - R Damron 68 74 66 67, J Haas 70 67 70 68, K Triplett 68 70 69 68, P Azinger 65 69 69 72; 276 - S Hoch 66 68 74 68; 277 - L Porter 73 69 69 66, L Bradley 70 69 71 67, B Cheesman 73 65 72 67, N Lancaster 67 65 77 68, T Herron 72 66 71 68, S Verplank 69 70 67 71, J Durant 71 67 67 72, K Wentworth 67 70 67 73; 278 - D Ogrin 74 67 70 67, O Uresti 69 68 72 69, M Hulbert 70 70 69 69, R Mediate 69 72 67 70, K Sutherland 67 70 70 71, L Rinker 67 69 71 71.

Additional non-U.S. scores: 279 - E Toledo (Mex) 69 70 73 67; 281 - M Weir (Can) 69 71 70 71; 282 - B Hughes (Aus) 68 71 72 71; 289 - R Coughlan (Irl) 73 68 75 73.