Charlotte, N.C. ? Given another chance in a playoff at the Wachovia Championship, Jim Furyk finished the job Sunday.

A hard-luck loser in a four-hole playoff last year, Furyk made an eight-foot par putt to force extra holes against Trevor Immelman of South Africa, then made a six-footer for par on No. 18 in the playoff to win and erase bad memories at Quail Hollow.

But he needed some help from the 26-year-old South African.

Immelman had to two-putt from 50 feet on the 18th hole in regulation to capture his first PGA Tour victory, but ran the putt 10 feet by and missed the par putt. Then in the playoff, he fanned his tee shot into a miserable lie in the right rough, had to lay up 80 yards short of the green and saw his wedge spin off the front. The best he could do was get up-and-down for bogey.

Furyk, who had a one-shot lead going into a rainy final round, closed with a 1-under 71 and earned $1.134 million for his 11th career victory and one that might be enough to move him into the top five in the world ranking.

It also ended a spell of close calls, including a runner-up finish in his last start three weeks ago at Hilton Head.

Furyk found the bunker off the tee in the playoff, but ripped a 3-iron at the flag, and it rolled just off the green. Electing to use putter, he ran it six feet by and made the par try – thrusting his fist into the air before the ball even reached the cup.

“It’s nice to come out and get it done this time,” Furyk said.

Immelman was solid throughout the heavy rain in the middle of the round, and the pressure down the stretch. He built a two-shot lead with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 13th hole and kept his cushion as Furyk closed in. The South African twice made clutch par saves on the 16th and 17th to keep the lead, and hit the middle of the fairway and the middle of the green on the final hole.

That’s where it all came undone.

“For anybody to get within five feet would have been a good effort,” Immelman said of his 50-foot putt in regulation. “When you come that close, you’re disappointed to not finish the job. It’s my best finish on the PGA Tour, and I’ve got to build on that.”

Adam Scott never got within four shots of the lead, but wound up third after closing with a 71.