21.   Sutton knew as he looked at his second shot on the finishing hole that he needed a birdie to force a playoff.

22.   The gallery roared, but Perry had a chance to force a playoff if he made his putt, so Mediate showed no emotion.

23.   The Tigers could have won it all by sweeping both doubleheaders or forced a playoff by winning three of four.

24.   Waldorf needed a miracle eagle to force a playoff, but he bogeyed instead, and the tournament belonged to Glasson.

25.   We endured to force a playoff.

26.   When Allenby and Stadler had to make testy par putts to force the playoff, it looked like the extra holes would be a showcase for sharp putting.

27.   Wiebe bent over the ball for the short putt that would have forced a playoff.

28.   Woods needed to hole a blind wedge shot to force a playoff.

29.   With Furyk in position for eagle, Hayes knew he probably needed a birdie just to force a playoff.

30.   With their dying gasp, the Red Sox caught up with the Yankees and forced a playoff whose outcome made their collapse only more excruciating.