Warren Buffett, also known as the "Oracle of Omaha," is the world's richest man. Ryan Hietala has a long way to go to reach that pinnacle, but the $126,000 winner's check from the Cox Classic will help.

Hietala (69) defeated David Branshaw (73) on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday with a par to Branshaw's bogey after both players tied at 19-under 265.

Skip Kendall (64), a native of Milwaukee, Wis., shot the low round of the day, and his lowest round of the year, to finish in a tie for third with Garth Mulroy (69) and Alex Prugh (67) at 16 under. Six players tied for sixth at 15 under.

After both Hietala and Branshaw scored sub-par front nines, Branshaw made back-to-back bogeys on hole Nos. 10 and 11, while Hietala, in the group ahead, did the same at the 11th and 12th. A third consecutive bogey by Branshaw at the 12th, when he three-putted from 40 feet, dropped him to 20 under, one stroke ahead.

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