After a number of close calls and years of trying, Jay Haas' first win in a major championship came when he wasn't expecting it.

Haas won the Senior PGA Championship yesterday in Edmond, Okla., beating Brad Bryant on the third playoff hole for his third straight Champions Tour victory.

Bryant, who caught Haas with an eagle at No. 16, missed a short par putt on the pair's third trip to the par-4 18th.

"I guess I wasn't expecting it," Haas said. "I was expecting to go to the next tee and I think when Brad missed ... I didn't know what to do or where to go, who to look at, anything like that."

Haas ended up one stroke behind Hale Irwin for the Senior PGA title in 2004 and he has also racked up third-place finishes in the U.S. Senior Open in 2004, the PGA Championship in 1999 and the Masters in 1995.

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LPGA Tour: Hee-Won Han parred the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff with Meena Lee to win the LPGA Corning (N.Y.) Classic. It was Han's first win of the year and fifth overall, and three have come in six playoffs. Han closed with a 4-under 68 to match Lee (66) at 15-under 273.