Valencia, CA (My Sportsbook) - Dan Forsman birdied the first playoff hole Sunday to defeat Don Pooley and earn his first Champions Tour victory at the AT&T Champions Classic.

Forsman roared back into contention thanks to a final-round, six-under-par 66. He matched Pooley, who only managed a two-under 70 on Sunday, at 11-under 205 and headed back to the par-five 18th at Valencia Country Club to start the playoff.

The win was Forsman's first on the Champions Tour. He joined the circuit in the middle of last season and his best finish previous to Sunday was a tie for seventh at this year's Allianz Championship.

"To win on the Champions Tour was a huge bonus," commented Forsman. "You always wonder how your nerves are going to hold up."

His last win anywhere came at the 2002 SEI Pennsylvania Classic. Forsman collected five PGA Tour wins in his career.

For Pooley, this was a lost opportunity for his first Champions Tour victory since 2003. He won the U.S. Senior Open in 2002, but injuries have hampered his pursuit of victory. "I don't know how many opportunities I have left," said Pooley.

Jay Haas shot a two-under 70 on Sunday and came in third at minus-10. A birdie at the last would have gotten Haas into the sudden-death playoff, but he could only manage a par.

Overnight leader Joey Sindelar's bid for a first win on the elder circuit fell apart on the back nine. He recorded three bogeys over the final nine and shot a one-over 73 to tie for fourth place with Fulton Allem and Ben Crenshaw. That pair both fired five-under 67s on Sunday to join Sindelar at nine-under-par 207.

Pooley tallied birdies at one and nine, but moved atop the leaderboard thanks to a birdie at No. 11. He held on to the lead at 12-under par, but an errant tee ball at the par-three 16th cost him sole possession of first place.

Forsman, who began the final round tied for seventh, picked up back-to-back birdies at three and four, but a bogey at eight seemed to derail any push toward victory.

He atoned for the error with a birdie at the ninth, but it was Forsman's play down the stretch that carried him to his first win anywhere in almost seven years.

He birdied the 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th holes to suddenly find himself at 11- under par. When Pooley bogeyed 16, Forsman was tied for the lead with both Pooley and Haas.

However, Haas bogeyed the 17th and could not make birdie at the last.

That left Forsman and Pooley in the playoff after Pooley could not get up and down for a birdie from a greenside bunker at the par-five 18th.

Forsman won the playoff with a birdie and pocketed $240,000. "I'll change my goals now, and I'd like to win a major on this Tour," added Forsman.

Ken Green posted a three-under 69 to take seventh at minus-eight.

Champions Tour money leader Bernhard Langer and Tom Purtzer both carded rounds of three-under 69 and shared eighth place at seven-under-par 209. Jeff Sluman shot a one-under 71 and took 10th at minus-six.

This was the sixth playoff in the 20-year history of the AT&T Champions Classic.