Cabrera wins playoff for Grand Slam title

Tucker's Town, Bermuda (Sports Network) - Reigning U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera birdied the third playoff hole Wednesday to defeat British Open winner Padraig Harrington and win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
Cabrera managed a two-under 68 on Wednesday, while Harrington shot a one-under 69. The pair finished the two rounds at four-under-par 136 and it took some drama to get them into the playoff.
Cabrera pushed it to extra holes thanks to an impressive eagle at the par-five 18th hole in regulation. Harrington birdied the hole to force the playoff and the two headed back to 18 at Mid Ocean Club.
The duo parred the first two extra holes, 18 and the par-three 17th. They returned to the par-five closing hole in this event designed for the four major champions of 2007.
Harrington hit a poor tee shot at the third playoff hole. Cabrera reached the green in two and two-putted for the birdie and the victory in his first trip to the event.
Jim Furyk, who got into the field when PGA Champion Tiger Woods pulled out, triple-bogeyed the 11th to fall off the pace. He closed in style with four birdies in his last five holes to shoot a three-under 67 for third place at minus-two.
Masters winner Zach Johnson bogeyed the last to eliminate any faint chance at a playoff. He posted a two-under 68 for fourth place at one-under-par 139.
Cabrera was horrendous at the start of the final round with a triple-bogey at one and a bogey at the second. He was three behind Harrington at the turn, but a birdie at 10 and an eagle at the 11th got the Argentine tied for the lead with the Irishman.
Cabrera fell one back thanks to a bogey at the 12th, but when Harrington bogeyed 13, the pair was tied for the lead again at minus-two. The British Open winner birdied 14 to reclaim his advantage, but it got back to two strokes when Cabrera bogeyed No. 16.
At the 17th, Cabrera cut the gap to one with a birdie. He eagled the last and Harrington made birdie to force the first playoff at the event since Woods won in 2000.
Cabrera, who pocketed $600,000 for the win, became the first international winner of this event since Ernie Els in 1997.