All I had to do was hit a good putt. Toms, in a twosome four holes behind, regained the lead with a birdie at the par-5 15th, but gave the stroke back a hole later and parred in to force sudden death. The playoff began at the 18th hole, and Weir's drive stopped on a steep downward slope, causing him to leave his approach short. He recovered by chipping within 10 feet of the cup but then read a slight break in a putt that didn't turn. Toms, who split the fairway with his drive and hit his approach onto the front of the green, coolly knocked in his second putt for the victory.
Toms wound up as the sole survivor of a final-round battle much like the first three rounds.
Many players challenged for and shared the lead, only to stumble and fall back. Toms earned his first victory of 2000 at the Michelob Championship. Weir, playing for the first time in a month, made the move of the day with a 7-under 64. He made up for a bogey at the second hole with a 5-under 30 on the back nine to match his best final round. Toms, who started the round two shots behind, trimmed four strokes from par on his first eight holes to take the lead.