Playing the par-5 18th hole at Vidanta Vallarta for the third time, Campbell benefited from a fortuitous bounce off his tee shot, which peeled right and headed for out of bounds.

Brian Campbell cashed in on a huge break Sunday when his tee shot in a playoff bounced out of the trees and back into play, leading to a birdie on the second extra hole to win the Mexico Open over Aldrich Potgieter.

A game of skill occasionally has to defer to a game of luck, and Brian Campbell received one of the luckiest bounces that enabled him to turn a playoff loss into a victory in the Vidanta Mexico Open on Sunday.

Brian Campbell got the bounce of a lifetime on the second playoff hole and defeated Aldrich Potgieter to win for the first time.

The PGA Tour moved south for its annual stop at the Mexico Open, offering a $7 million purse with $1.26 million to the winner. In a playoff of contrasts featuring the Tour’s biggest hitter in 20-year-old Aldrich Potgieter and shortest hitter in 31-year-old Brian Campbell,