Ft. Worth, TX -- (Sports Network) - Rory Sabbatini won a three-way playoff Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Invitational, beating Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer with a 15-foot birdie putt on Colonial's 18th green to claim his fourth PGA Tour victory.

Langer missed an eight-foot birdie putt that would have sent him and Sabbatini to a second playoff hole. Furyk, stuck more than 30 feet away after his approach shot, also made par.

The trio finished four rain-soaked days at the old Colonial tied for the lead at 14-under 266. They each shot three-under 67 in the final round.

"It's been a great week," said Sabbatini.

But not everyone would say the same thing. The tournament had been plagued by weather delays since Thursday, pushing the completion of the third round until Sunday morning. A drenched course lowered scores, but lengthened the wait time in between the action, including a 5 1/2-hour delay to the start of play Saturday.

The playoff was completed in a light drizzle -- but there was also sun, adding an eerie feeling to the dramatics at the final green.

Before that, Sabbatini and Furyk both had chances to win at he 18th in regulation. But Furyk barely missed on a 10-foot birdie try, and Sabbatini pushed a 19-footer just right of the cup in the following group.

Langer, playing in the final trio with Sabbatini, scrambled for a closing par at 18 after missing the fairway well right with his tee shot. He used his 50- inch putter to measure a free drop in the rough, then knocked his approach short of the green after it grazed a tree next to the fairway.

He chipped within three feet to join the playoff.

Sabbatini, originally from South Africa, is now a Dallas-Ft. Worth area resident. It garnered the outspoken -- and sometimes derided -- pro a heap of support from the gallery.

"It just feels so good. I had a huge amount of support out here this week," said Sabbatini, who finished the rain-delayed third round early Sunday with a 62. "It's great to win one here in my hometown."

Pat Perez shot a four-under 66 and finished alone in fourth place at 12-under 268, two shots behind the leaders. Last year's U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Tom Lehman, had a 68 and shared fifth place with Nathan Green (66) at 11-under 269.

Sabbatini caused a stir two weeks ago at the Players Championship when he said Tiger Woods was "more beatable than ever" -- just a week after Woods won the Wachovia Championship playing alongside Sabbatini in the final pairing.

Sabbatini tied for third place at the Wachovia, his third consecutive top- three finish.

Woods wasn't around this week, but Sabbatini had two other major champions to contend with Sunday in Furyk and Langer. They began the final round in a four-way tie for the lead with Scott Verplank, who fell off the pace early.

The other three stuck around.

Sabbatini took a one-shot lead over Furyk with a birdie putt around 30 feet at the par-three 13th. Furyk tied him with a 12-foot birdie putt ahead at the 16th, and Langer reached 14-under when he made a four-footer for birdie at the 17th.

Furyk was first to play the 18th hole in regulation. On the green, he stepped away from his 10-foot birdie putt for a moment, lined up again and then missed it.

"I think everyone missed that putt out to the right a little bit," said Furyk, who was looking for his first win since last year's Canadian Open. "But I gave myself some opportunities. I just wish I could have knocked a couple of more in."

Like Furyk, Sabbatini just missed his birdie try at the 18th. Langer, meanwhile, had some scrambling to do to get into the playoff after hitting his tee shot at 18 into the mud.

Making par after that told Langer a little something about how he's playing.

"Don't get me wrong -- I'm disappointed I didn't win, but at the same time I'm encouraged with my game," he said. "It's the best I've played for a while and that's very encouraging. I'll take a lot of that with me, try to focus on the positive and not on the negative."

It was the second consecutive playoff for the PGA Tour after Masters champion Zach Johnson beat Ryuji Imada last week at the AT&T Classic.