Smith and Sweden's 33-year-old Blixt may sound an unlikely combination but they are good friends who both live in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and the trust between them is obvious. Smith was next to putt and he pulled it left of the hole leaving Blixt with about a five-footer for the win which he pushed right and the teams headed back to the 18th for the fourth playoff hole.
Alternating shots Saturday, as teams did in the first round, the Blixt-Cameron partnership posted four birdies to improve to 19-under, building on a lead that stood at one shot through two rounds.
"We've got to leave this behind and go out there and make birdie or eagle tomorrow".
The round finished in barely playable darkness because of a more than six-hour delay cause by thunderstorms.
CAMERON Smith was tongue-tied with elation after a super chip shot in New Orleans sealed a dramatic play-off for the young Queenslander's maiden victory on the PGA Tour.
And flanked by Swede Blixt, the normally stoic Smith's emotions bubbled out as he showed he would have been up for a much longer fight to accomplish a childhood dream.
It was Kisner's turn to miss a birdie putt to win on the second hole of sudden death, again on the 18th.
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But Smith was adamant he would end the drama and nipped a superb lob wedge from 54m on the third trip up the 18 hole to set up a 60cm putt that will change the course of his life.
Smith turned on the style for what turned out to be the final play-off hole; his approach from 59 yards spun back within a few feet of the hole.
It was a tournament he and Blixt probably should have won Sunday evening. Each golfer takes home $1.02 million and 400 FedEXCup points.
World number five Jordan Spieth, who carded rounds of 66 with fellow American Ryan Palmer on the first two days, dropped two shots in a third round 70.
With the victory, both Blixt and Smith get two-year exemptions and Smith qualified for the Tournament Players Championship in two weeks.
The Dornoch man is projected to sit 10th on this season's money-list on the back of his latest effort on the PGA Tour's feeder circuit. In the first and third rounds, teammates alternated shots.
The final round, which will start earlier than planned - at 6:40 a.m. - because of rain in the forecast, will return to the "best ball" format used in the second round, in which each team takes the best score per hole. The playoff will be in the same format as the final round.
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