Canadian Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship in two-hole playoff

JACKSON, Miss. — Mackenzie Hughes of Hamilton, Ont. and Sepp Straka of Vienna, Austria battled in an intense playoff Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi.

Both golfers finished the four-round tournament tied at 17-under-par and both parred the first playoff hole.

But Hughes prevailed on the second playoff hole with a birdie as the course got darker to win his second PGA title.

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