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Robert Streb gets inaugural PGA Tour win in a playoff at Sea Island

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Will MacKenzie drives his ball off the second tee during the final round of the McGladrey Classic golf tournament on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in St. Simons Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) (The Associated Press)

Brendon de Jonge, of Zimbabwe, hits off the second tee during the final round of the McGladrey Classic golf tournament on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in St. Simons Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) (The Associated Press)

Robert Streb earned his first PGA Tour win on Sunday by closing with a 7-under 63 and making a 4-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole in the McGladrey Classic.

The victory sends Streb to the Masters in April. The 27-year-old from Oklahoma has never played in a major.

He won a three-man playoff over Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe and Will MacKenzie. MacKenzie was eliminated on the first extra hole with a bogey from the bunker.

On the par-3 17th in the playoff, Streb's shot covered the flag and settled 4 feet below the hole. De Jonge missed a 35-foot birdie.

It was the second straight week for a first-time winner on the PGA Tour.