SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Troy Matteson blew a chance to win the Frys.com Open in regulation by bogeying the 17th and 18th holes.

Playing the same holes in reverse order in a three-way playoff, Matteson recovered from his late collapse. He birdied the second extra hole to beat Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler yesterday at Grayhawk Golf Club for his second PGA Tour victory.

"I just can't believe that it's ended up like this," said Matteson, who won $900,000. "I know I stumbled going down the stretch, but I'm still beside myself."

After all three players parred the first playoff hole, Matteson hit his approach within 3 feet on the 464-yard, par-4 17th hole. With shadows stretching onto the green, he rolled in the putt to win.

That capped an incredible three-day stretch for the 29-year-old Matteson. After shooting a 2-over 72 on Thursday, he thought he might be headed for the airport before the weekend.

But Matteson had back-to-back 61s on Friday and Saturday — a PGA Tour record for lowest score in consecutive rounds — and he took a three-stroke lead into the final round.

"That's as good as I can play," Matteson said. "I really don't have to worry about playing better than that, because that's it."

Matteson's first tour victory came as a rookie in 2006, when he won the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas, now called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

On the first extra hole yesterday, Lovemark got a gift when his approach splashed into a man-made lagoon, then bounced onto the slope of the green. He chipped to 3 feet and made the putt to stay alive.

"It was crazy," said Lovemark, who called the fluke shot a "skipper."

Lovemark and Fowler, who are seeking PGA Tour cards, each earned $440,000.

The 20-year-old Fowler, who turned pro after the Walker Cup last month, has made $553,700 this season, which gives him special temporary membership because the amount exceeds the 150th spot on the money list last year. That allows him to skip the first stage of Q-school next week and most likely makes him exempt into the final stage. He is the equivalent of 136th on this year's money list, and still has time to reach the top 125 and earn his card without Q-school.

Lovemark has earned $453,872 and said he would go to Q-school next week in North Carolina.

Hawai 'i's Parker McLachlin finished 73rd at 71—281 and won $9,700.

ELSEWHERE

Champions Tour: Phil Blackmar won his first Champions Tour title, birdieing five of his first six holes en route to a 7-under 64 and a one-stroke victory over Jay Haas, Tom Kite and Andy Bean in the AT&T Championship at San Antonio. Blackmar finished with a 10-under 203 total.

Nationwide Tour: Matt Every won the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship to earn a 2010 PGA Tour card with a 10th-place finish on the money list, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over Michael Sim at Charleston, S.C. Every finished with a 21-under 267 total.

European Tour: Sweden's Michael Jonzon won the Castello Masters Costa Azahar to keep his European tour card next season, shooting a 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over countryman Christian Nilsson and Germany's Martin Kaymer at Castellon, Spain. Jonzon finished with a 20-under 264 total.

Asian Tour: South Korea's K.J. Choi won the rain-shortened Iskandar Johor Open, closing with an 8-under 64 for a four-stroke victory over Thailand's Chapchai Nirat at Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Choi finished with a 20-under 196 total.