SAN DIEGO (AP) Jason Day, once the undisputed No. 1 player in golf, has gone 20 months since his last victory.

One more day wasn’t about to bother him.

In the longest playoff in the 67-year history of the Farmers Insurance Open, Day and Alex Noren of Sweden exchanged three birdies and two pars over five extra holes at Torrey Pines, the last one in near darkness.

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They had to return Monday morning to decide a winner.

At stake for Day was a chance for a fresh start in 2018 after a dreadful year of his mother recovering from lung cancer and a game that lost some discipline and focus. For Noren, it was an opportunity to finally earn some recognition in America after a strong rise through his European Tour success. Noren, who played at Oklahoma State, has nine victories on the European Tour, including four in 2016. He is No. 19 in the world.

Missing from the mix is Ryan Palmer, who was eliminated on the first extra hole with a par.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) Jason Day and Alex Noren went 77 holes in the Farmers Insurance Open, and it still wasn’t enough to decide a winner.

Day holed a 6-foot birdie putt in the dark on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday. Noren followed with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole at Torrey Pines. They had no choice but to return Monday morning to decide the longest playoff in the 67-year history of this event.

They each made birdie three times on the par-5 closing hole in the playoff. They made pars on the 16th and 17th holes, with Day having the best chance to end it on the par-3 16th until his 12-foot putt stayed on the right edge.

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Ryan Palmer began the playoff with them at 10-under 278. He was eliminated with a par on the 18th on the first extra hole.

Day closed with a 2-under 70. Palmer hit wedge to 2 feet for birdie for a 72 to get into the playoff. Noren had a 12-foot birdie attempt in regulation to avoid the playoff and narrowly mis..

SAN DIEGO (AP) Jason Day watched the flight of his wedge for as long as he could and had to listen to the crowd to realize he nailed it.

”I can’t see,” he said to his caddie.

Alex Noren was 5 feet away from extending the playoff Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open, a putt he could easily have missed except that the Swede could rely on experience. He had a similar putt in regulation and knew it broke off to the right.

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Day and Noren went at it for 77 holes at Torrey Pines, and after five sudden-death playoff holes, it still wasn’t enough to crown a winner. They matched birdies in the dark on the par-5 18th, and then had no choice but to return Monday morning to decide the longest playoff in the 67-year history of the event.

”We both played some pretty good golf, especially down 18 going back and forth, back and forth, which is good entertainment for the fans,” Day said. ”It’s good to be back in the action, good to be back where I’m at right now. But ..

SAN DIEGO (AP) Jason Day and Alex Noren went 77 holes in the Farmers Insurance Open, and it still wasn’t enough to decide a winner.

Day holed a 6-foot birdie putt in the dark on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday. Noren followed with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole at Torrey Pines. They had no choice but to return Monday morning to decide the longest playoff in the 67-year history of this event.

Ryan Palmer began the playoff with them at 10-under 278. He was eliminated with a par on the 18th on the first extra hole.

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Day closed with a 2-under 70. Palmer hit wedge to 2 feet for birdie for a 72 to get into the playoff. Noren had a 12-foot birdie attempt in regulation.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) Tiger Woods was never in contention in his return to the PGA Tour.

He didn’t dip into the 60s as he hoped he would on a brilliant sunny – and windy – Sunday at Torrey Pines. He missed three times more fairways than he hit in his four rounds in the Farmers Insurance Open.

Yet he was ”very pleased” with only his second PGA Tour event since he tied for 10th in the Wyndham Championship in August 2015. He had two back surgeries that fall, and fusion surgery on his lower back last April.

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Woods cooled off after birdies on four of seven holes midway through his round Sunday and finished with an even-par 72 on the South Course that left him tied for 23rd.

”After not playing for a couple years and coming out here on the Tour, playing, you know, a solid four days, I fought hard for these scores,” Woods said. ”They weren’t like drive down the middle, hit it on the green, two-putt, one of those yawners. This was a lot of fight.”

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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Brittany Lincicome beat darkness – with help from floodlights Sunday on the Ocean Club’s 18th green – to win the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic for the second straight year.

Lincicome birdied the final two holes and four of the last five for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke victory over Wei-Ling Hsu in the event cut to 54 holes after wind wiped out play most of Friday.

”I try not to look at the leaderboard, so I was just hoping whatever was happening was in my group,” Lincicome said. ”I was just trying to keep up with those girls (Shanshan Feng and Amy Yang). I played with two great girls today. I knew it was going to be tough and my putter really saved me all day. I made a lot of great par saves and birdies coming in.”

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Lincicome completed a second-round 67 in the morning, playing nine holes in 3 under, to begin the final round two strokes behind the top-ranked Feng.

”It is grinding, but luckily I was playing well today, s..

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Brittany Lincicome beat darkness – with help from floodlights Sunday on the Ocean Club’s 18th green – to win the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic for the second straight year.

Lincicome birdied the final two holes and four of the last five for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke victory over Wei-Ling Hsu in the event cut to 54 holes after wind wiped out play most of Friday.

Lincicome completed a second-round 67 in the morning, playing nine holes in 3 under, to begin the final round two strokes behind top-ranked Shanshan Feng.

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The 32-year-old Lincicome won her eighth career title. The Pure Silk ambassador finished at 12-under 207. Last year, she beat Lexi Thompson in a playoff.

Hsu closed with a 68. Feng had a 71 to tie for third with Amy Yang (70) at 9 under. Thompson (71) was 7 under with Danielle Kang (68), Nelly Korda (69) and Bronte Law (69). Brooke Henderson, the leader Saturday night when play was suspended because of dar..

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