Spieth holes out from bunker in playoff to win Travelers Championship

CROMWELL, Conn. — Jordan Spieth holed a miraculous 60-foot shot from the bunker for the winning playoff birdie on Sunday to win the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn.

Spieth, who had a final-round 70, pitched the shot out of the sand and the ball went directly toward the hole before dropping in. He fired his pitching wedge into the ground, did a chest-bump with his caddie and celebrated wildly after the improbable shot.

His four-round score was 12-under 268, the same total as Daniel Berger, who birdied three of the final six holes to force the playoff with a 67.

Spieth, 23, has 10 PGA Tour victories, joining Tiger Woods as the only players in the modern golf era to reach that total before the age of 24. Woods won 15.

Berger came up empty on a 50-foot birdie putt that would have forced a second playoff hole.

Charley Hoffman (66) and New Zealand’s Danny Lee (67) finished third at 10 under. Patrick Reed (66), England’s Paul Casey (69) and Boo Weekley (72) were another shot back.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, who barely made the cut on Friday, finished with a 64 and tied for 17th at 274.