Jhonattan vegas Emphatically ended a poor run of form by successfully defending his Canadian Open Golf title with a playoff victory over Charley Hoffman in Oakville.

Venezuelan Vegas tapped in for birdie at the first playoff Hole moments before overnight leader Hoffman failed to hole out from a Greenside Bunker.

Both players started the playoff by sending their drives into fairway Bunkers but Vegas found some luck when his second shot took a chunk out of the lip of the left bunker yet still carried just off the far Edge of the Green.

His ball settled in the same area it did in regulation, only that time he chipped it well past the hole and then two-putted for par.

The 32-year-old clearly learned from his earlier miscue as he chipped beautifully to tap-in range for birdie and then celebrated moments later when Hoffman failed to hole out from a Greenside Bunker.

The victory marked the third career PGA Tour win for Vegas and his first since last year's Canadian Open.