Bloomfield, CT--- As Brennan Webb stood over his 5-iron on the second playoff hole, the 215 yard 17th, he knew a higher ball flight would allow his ball to hold the rock hard green. Once he tapped in his three-foot birdie putt to defeat Sam Corden and win the first annual Wintonbury Hills Open, that slight change in strategy elevated him to CGT champion.

Webb, who earned $13,000 for his second professional victory, finished regulation tied at 7-under with Sam Corden, who closed with a 4-under 66, the low round of the day. Marc Lawless finished with a 3-under 67 but three-putted the final hole and finished one shot out of the playoff. Johhny Bloomfield and Lowell Miller tied for 4th at 5-under. Overnight co-leaders Scott Ford (72) and Eric Egloff (76) tied for 4th and 8th, respectively.

"I felt like it was my tournament to win," said Webb. "There were probably 40 guys who hit their ball better than I did this week, but I knew where it was going every time."

Playing one group behind Corden, Webb stepped onto the 17th tee with a one-shot lead. His 5-iron, on a lower ball flight, bounded through the green, resulting in a bogey. He then parred the final hole to force the first playoff on Tour since last year's Samoset Open, where Eric Egloff defeated Geoff Sisk.

Three weeks removed from a disappointing finish in Cranston, Corden offset his lone bogey, a three-putt on the 11th, with five birdies.

"It was no joke out there," Corden said of the difficult round three conditions, which yielded a field scoring average of 72.52. "I didn't plan on the [leaders] coming back to me."

Neither did the leaders. Egloff turned in 41, courtesy of two bogeys and two doubles. Ford played his first four holes 2-under but doubled the 9th and played the inward nine 2-over.

Marc Lawless and Johnny Bloomfield, who both began the day three shots back, threatened early but made costly mistakes on the closing holes. Tied for the lead after 14 holes, Bloomfield bogeyed the 15th and 17th to finish two shots back, tied for 4th, his best CGT finish ever. Lawless suffered a similar fate, with a final hole twist.

Seven-under standing in the 18th fairway, Lawless struck his approach to 30 feet. He then lagged to six-feet but missed the par putt, putting to rest his best chance of victory since joining the Tour in 2004.

"I really could have shot lower each day," Lawless said afterward. "Coulda, woulda, shoulda."

The Tour's first ever stop in Connecticut concluded with 18 players at par or better on the Pete Dye designed Wintonbury Hills, ranked first among state-wide public courses by Golfweek.

The Tour next travels to Brewster, MA, Sept. 7-9, for the 5th annual Captain's Open.