CHARLOTTE – Former Cal men's golfer James Hahn won for the second time on the PGA TOUR when he made a four-foot par putt on the first playoff hole to capture the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club. Hahn, who is the only former Golden Bear with a PGA TOUR victory, won his second career PGA TOUR event with his first also in a playoff at the 2015 Northern Trust Open.

“I love playoffs,” Hahn said. “There's nothing else like it to be able to have the last shot to win the golf tournament … These are the things that you dream of as a kid.”

Hahn (70-71-68-70 – 279, -9) finished 72 holes of regulation in a tie with Robert Castro (71-66-71-71 – 279, -9) before the two returned to the 18th hole where moments earlier Castro had made a six-footer for par to force the playoff.

But on the first playoff hole, Hahn hit his approach to four feet to set up his game-winning putt while Castro's tee shot found the left side of the fairway and his third landed in a spectators' shoe to lead to his bogey.

Hahn's playoff victory Sunday came after he missed a six-foot par putt on the 72nd hole that would have given him a victory on the same 18th green he calmly put in the winning putt.

Hahn started the day in a tie for third at seven-under but moved to the top of the leaderboard by picking up three shots over a four-hole stretch on the front nine including a 51-foot eagle putt on the par-three seventh. Hahn made his first birdie of the day on the par-five fifth but gave the shot back with a bogey on the par-three sixth before his 51-footer. He would add a birdie on the par-four eighth to get to 10-under par, bogeyed the par-four 12th to give the shot back but rallied with a birdie on the par-five 15th.

“Anytime you're given a second opportunity you really have to do that, and I did well to do that today,” Hahn said.

Hahn had missed eight consecutive cuts before Sunday's victory that was worth a paycheck of $1,314,000

“What a great story,” Cal head coach Steve Desimone said. “If there's anybody who could miss eight straight cuts and then win a PGA event it is James. He has persevered through so much both in college and professional golf. You have to believe in yourself and he does. Those in the Cal golf family are so proud of James and so happy for him. There are a lot of guys who have won once on the PGA TOUR but those that have twice is a much more selective group. James is now in that group and wouldn't surprise a lot of us in the Cal golf family now that he's won twice if he doesn't win more.”