Golf: Davis Love ended an error-filled, four-hole play-off with a birdie to beat Woody Austin and claim the fifth Heritage title of his career.

Love missed each of the first three greens in sudden death, lipped out a potential winning par putt and pulled another before sticking his approach at the par-four 18th. He made the three-and-a-half-footer for the $810,000 top prize.

Love made a 60-foot birdie chip on the final hole of regulation and Austin followed with a par as the two ended a final-round shootout at 13-under-par 271.

Fifteen others finished within three strokes of the leaders, including Ernie Els, who blew a two-stroke lead with a double-bogey, bogey, bogey finish. At one point late on the back nine, eight were tied for the lead.

The fourth-ranked player in the world, Love also won the Heritage in 1998, 1992, 1991 and 1987. He is the only player in the 35-year history of the event to win it more than three times.

"To win five times on tour is pretty awesome, but to win five times in the same place, pretty incredible," said Love.

Austin twice missed his second career title, lipping out a five-foot birdie putt on the second sudden-death hole and a three-footer for par on the third - both of which would have given him the victory.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS: 271 - W Austin 68 70 65 68, D Love III 66 69 69 67 (Love won play-off at fourth tie hole); 272 - G Ogilvy 68 67 70 67, D Gossett 71 67 68 66, C Riley 69 70 66 67, H Sutton 67 66 71 68 273 - M Gogel 69 67 69 68, S Flesch 68 69 67 69, T Pernice Jr 67 70 68 68 274 - G Hnatiuk (Can) 69 68 69 68, R Pampling (Aus) 67 72 67 68, J Sluman 68 70 64 72, S Cink 67 65 69 73, E Els (Rsa) 69 66 70 69, B Estes 69 72 66 67, J Furyk 70 66 69 69, P Jacobsen 69 69 67 69. 279 - Darren Clarke (NIrl) 70 69 71 69.