Hideki Matsuyama beats Rickie Fowler in a playoff to win the Phoenix Open

Rickie Fowler hit two balls into the water on the par-four 17th hole to give Hideki Matsuyama an unexpected victory Sunday in the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.

After blowing a two-shot lead on the 317-yard hole in regulation when he blasted a driver through the green and into the water, Fowler pulled a five-wood into the lake on the fourth hole of a playoff to set up the deciding bogey. Matsuyama birdied the hole in regulation and two-putted for par from six feet in the playoff.

Fowler forced the playoff with a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-four 18th after Matsuyama made an 18-footer. They each shot four-under-par 67 to finish at 14-under 270.

The playoff was just as dramatic in front of another big crowd at TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course on a sunny day with the temperature in the high 70s.

On the par-four 10th on the third extra hole, Fowler saved par with a 12-foot putt after driving into the left rough and skulling his approach long and right. Matsuyama made a five-footer to extend the playoff.

The crowd of 65,330 pushed the week total to a record 618,365, shattering the mark of 564,368 set last year. The event broke its own golf record Saturday at 201,003 after drawing a Friday-record 160,415.

Harris English shot a 66 to tie for third at 12 under. Third-round leader Danny Lee had a 73 to drop to fourth at 11 under. Phil Mickelson followed his third-round 65 with a 71 to tie for 11th at eight under.

Esteban Toledo wins in a playoff

Esteban Toledo parred the third playoff hole to win the Allianz Championship over Billy Andrade on a cold, windy day at Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Fla.

Toledo made a four-foot par putt after Andrade’s six-foot par try lipped out on the par-four 17th hole. Three of Toledo’s four PGA Tour Champions titles have come in playoffs. Toledo (67) and Andrade (68) finished at 11-under 205.

Andrade had a chance to win in regulation but missed a five-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole. It looked as if he was going to lose on the first playoff hole when his second shot landed in the palmetto bushes, but he saved par.

It was the fourth playoff in the last seven years at the Allianz Championship.

Tom Byrum shot the best round of the tournament, an eight-under 64, to jump from 32nd into a third-place tie with Jeff Sluman (70).

Second-round leader Corey Pavin extended his advantage to two shots on the front nine but made six bogeys and faded to 10th after a 75. Pavin has only one victory in 112 starts on the PGA Tour Champions, at the 2012 Allianz Championship.

Danny Willett is clutch on last hole

Danny Willett withstood the pressure and made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Dubai Desert Classic in United Arab Emirates by one shot.

The 28-year-old Willett closed with a three-under 69 at Emirates Golf Club to finish at 19-under 269, one shot better than fellow Englishman Andy Sullivan (68) and Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello (69).

Sullivan and Cabrera-Bello had set the marker with birdies on the final hole to take the clubhouse lead. Willett was one over par for his last four holes after a bogey on the 14th.

But he made the birdie when it mattered most. He had to lay up from the rough on the 18th hole, and his third shot left him with a difficult downhill putt, which he read to perfection.

It was the fourth European Tour victory for Willett, who finished second in the Race to Dubai to Rory McIlroy last year.

The pre-tournament favorites, McIlroy (65) and Henrik Stenson (66), finished tied for sixth at 273.