Steven Fisk won his second PGA Tour title in nine months by prevailing on the third hole of a playoff against Canadian Taylor Pendrith to claim the ISCO Championship on Sunday in Louisville, Ky.
Fisk shot a 3-under 67 and Pendrith a 5-under 65 at Hurstbourne Country Club to finish regulation tied at 16-under 264. They replayed the par-4 18th hole twice, both players coming out with pars each time.
Tournament officials changed the pin location on the 18th green before their third playthrough. Pendrith’s drive found a bunker, his second shot didn’t have enough to reach the green and he failed to get up and down for par.
That meant Fisk’s third consecutive par was enough to decide the tournament.
“Definitely (was) more nervous in regulation,” Fisk said. “I think when you’re in the playoff, it’s kind of a match-play thing. Taylor and I are kind of feeding off each other, seeing what each other are doing. Once you get in that playoff you feel like you have a really good chance, but until you’re there, it can be a little more nerve-wracking.”
Fisk said it had been “a frustrating year trying to back up that first win” at the Sanderson Farms Championship in October.
“I’ve showed some pretty good signs of some solid golf, but haven’t really had that opportunity to win a golf tournament that I’ve been kind of craving,” he said. “It was unbelievable to get it done again.”
Pendrith, 35, was looking for his second PGA Tour title as well and his first since the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
“I didn’t hit a great drive,” Pendrith said of the third playoff hole. “It’s not a super comfortable tee ball for me and that right bunker’s not ideal. I was there in Round 2 maybe and hit kind of the same shot. Just No. 1 thing is to get it over the lip, and missed my spot on the pitch shot. Thought I hit a good putt.”
Fisk made the turn at even par before birdieing Nos. 10, 11 and 15, the latter a 4-foot putt after a precise approach shot. He needed birdie at the par-4 18th to win outright or par to tie Pendrith and force extra holes, and he two-putted from 30 1/2 feet to precipitate the playoff.
Canada’s Ben Silverman shot 66 and Aaron Wise posted 69 to tie for third at 15 under, one stroke out of the playoff.
Lucas Glover squandered a 54-hole lead for the second week in a row. After tying for third at the John Deere Classic, he faded Sunday with a 1-over 71 and tied for fifth at 14 under with Davis Chatfield (66) and Norway’s Kristoffer Ventura (66).
“I hit too many bad shots. Uncharacteristic,” Glover said. “Missing a green with a wedge and big pull with a 6-iron on 12 and 13 and that was kind of it. Couldn’t make enough birdies down the stretch. But those guys played great, hats off to them. And I did not, so that’s the way it goes.”
–Field Level Media
