WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (AP) ― Rookie Ted Potter Jr. made a 4-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff with Troy Kelly on Sunday to win the Greenbrier Classic for his first PGA Tour victory.

Ranked 218th in the world, Potter overcame a four-stroke deficit with four holes to play, finishing with his second straight 6-under 64 to match Kelly at 16 under. Kelly closed with a 66.

Potter became the sixth first-time winner on the tour this season. He earned $1,098,000 and jumped from 173rd to 51st in the FedEx Cup standings.

The 28-year-old left-hander had missed five straight cuts entering the Greenbrier Classic and his previous best finish was a tie for 13th.

It marked the third straight year of close finishes on the Old White TPC course. Scott Stallings beat Bob Estes and Bill Haas on the first hole of a playoff last year, and Stuart Appleby shot a 59 to beat Jeff Overton by a stroke in 2010.

Charlie Wi and rookie Charlie Beljan tied for third at 14 under. Wi shot a 65, and Beljan had a 67.

Webb Simpson lost a one-stroke lead on the back nine at the tournament for the second straight year. The U.S. Open champion made three straight bogeys, shot 73 and tied for seventh at 11 under.

During the fourth round, Potter made long putts for a birdie at No. 15 and an eagle at No. 17, and his 5-footer for birdie at No. 18 tied Kelly, who could have avoided the playoff but missed birdie putts on the final two holes.

Both made par on the first two playoff holes, with Potter missing a 5-footer at No. 17 that would have won it, Moments before, Kelly made a 22-footer for par after finding trouble from the greenside bunker.

Siem bags French

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) ― Marcel Siem had the perfect answer for all of his critics: a second European Tour title. The 120th-ranked German shot a 4-under 67 on Sunday to win the French Open, edging Francesco Molinari of Italy by one stroke.

“You get those Facebook things these days and all of the people talking badly about you,” Siem said. “And this morning I said: ‘I’m not like that, I’m not afraid to do things.’”

Siem had five birdies and one bogey to finish at 8-under 276, earning his first European Tour title since he won the 2004 Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

“Eight years, it’s such a long time that you don’t win and I just wanted to win, win, win,” Siem said.