Australian Jarrod Lyle has defeated American Chris Kirk in a sudden death playoff to win the Knoxville Open in Tennessee. Lyle birdied the extra hole, the par-five 18th, while Kirk managed a par after the pair was locked on 19-under-par after the regulation 72 holes. Greg Chalmers carded a final round of 66 for ninth to be the next best Australian ahead of Wade Ormsby (68) on 11-under-par and Won Joon Lee on minus seven. Lyle&aposs victory, the sixth by an Australian on the second-tier tour in 2008, saw him return to the top of the Nationwide Tour money list. Lyle can book a berth in on the 2009 US PGA Tour if he wins again on the Nationwide Tour this year. Other Australians to have won on the 2008 tour are Ewan Porter, Gavin Coles, Aron Price and Chalmers. Final Round Scores from the Nationwide Tour Knoxville Open, Tenn. -19: Jarrod Lyle (Australia) 66 67 67 69, Chris Kirk 66 70 66 67 -17: Kyle Reifers 71 69 65 66, D.J. Brigman 67 64 70 70 -16: Chris Smith 67 67 70 68, Doug Barron 69 67 66 70 -15: Jeff Brehaut 67 71 67 68, Spencer Levin 69 67 68 69 -13: Greg Chalmers (Australia) 68 68 73 66, Rich Barcelo 69 71 68 67, Bob May 68 69 70 68, Arjun Atwal 66 70 68 71, Brad Fritsch 69 67 68 71 -11: Wade Ormsby (Australia) 68 67 74 69, J.J. Killeen 70 71 67 69, Reid Edstrom 68 68 72 69, Scott Dunlap 69 71 66 71 , Chris Tidland 72 67 67 71, B.J. Staten 71 68 67 71, Matt Weibring 68 67 70 72 Also: -2: David McKenzie (Australia) 75 66 74 71, Scott Grdiner (Australia) 68 71 74 73 -10: Bradley Iles (New Zealand) 70 70 71 67