Patrick Reed with his first tour trophy
PHOTO: In love and sport ... Tour rookie Patrick Reed celebrated his first Tour victory at North Carolina with his wife and caddie Justine. (AFP/Getty Images: Streeter Lecka)
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American Patrick Reed birdied the second play-off hole to win the PGA event in North Carolina, edging out Jordan Spieth for his first tour title.
The 23-year-old rookie rolled in a seven-foot birdie putt to beat fellow rookie Spieth who, like fellow American Reed, finished at 14-under 266 after 72 holes.
Reed's first career victory came in his 38th start on the US PGA Tour.
The win also vaults him from 78th to 22nd place in the season standings with the tour's elite play-off series set to begin next week.
Spieth, 20, won his first PGA Tour tournament last month in Illinois - also in a play-off.
He was seeking to become the youngest two-time winner in US Tour history and he moved up to eighth place in the play-off points race with his runner-up finish.
Australian Matt Jones finished in a tie for fifth with Zach Johnson and Matt Every at 11-under.
Despite being in the mix after the first round in Greensboro, Australia's other competitors finished well back.
John Senden, Steven Bowditch and Alistair Presnell finished tied for 29th at four-under, with former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy a further shot back and Nick O'Hern and Stuart Appleby at a disappointing two-under.
Appleby, Chalmers, Bowditch, Baddeley survive
Stuart Appleby practising at Kingston Heath
PHOTO: Still in a job ... Stuart Appleby's underwhelming showing at Greensboro was just enough to secure his spot on the Tour for next season. (Getty Images: Robert Prezioso, file photo)
Despite finishing in a tie for 45th in Greensboro, nine-time US Tour winner Appleby has snuck into the US PGA tour play-offs, securing his job for next season in the process.
He finished 12 shots behind Reed in the last regular-season event, but claimed the 123rd place in the top-125 to survive to next week and, more importantly, next season.
Greg Chalmers tied 52nd this week and survived in 122nd on the points list as no one behind the Aussies jumped out of the box to put pressure on.
Steven Bowditch tied 29th to jump from 125th to 120th and Aaron Baddeley missed the cut but survived to next week in 119th position.
Matt Jones' sensational bogey-free 62 on the final day, shot him up to 37th on the points list heading to the playoffs.
Adam Scott will start the four-event play-off series as the highest-ranked Australian in 11th spot with Jason Day not far behind in 14th.
While 125 players start the series in New Jersey next week, it drops to 100 in Boston and 70 as it moves to Illinois before the top 30 shoot it out at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
The overall season points winner collects a massive $US10 million ($A11 million) bonus.
Tiger Woods holds top spot after a five-win season.
Marc Leishman (69th), Geoff Ogilvy (99th) and John Senden (105th) round out the Australians in the play-offs and officially back for the new season starting in October.
Cameron Percy (158th), Nick O'Hern (176th), Scott Gardiner (177th), Alistair Presnell (180th), Robert Allenby (185th), Rod Pampling (194th) and Nathan Green (199th) have all qualified for the secondary play-offs.
They will be joined by the top 75 from the secondary tour, fighting for 25 tour cards for next year.
Allenby will be able to return to the PGA Tour regardless thanks to an exemption for his place inside the top 25 on the career money list.
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