At an age where winning on the PGA Tour can hardly be considered a given, 44-year-old Jim Furyk rode a wave of splendid Sunday golf to break a four-and-a-half-year drought, claiming the RBC Heritage in a playoff with Kevin Kisner, at Harbour Town.  Given that Furyk had failed to convert a remarkable nine consecutive 54-hole leads since claiming his last win at the 2010 Tour Championship, perhaps it was time to try a Sunday charge as an alternate means of attack, and charge Furyk did.  Indeed, after rounds of 71-64-68, he found himself four shots out of a lead held by Troy Merritt, who’d drawn considerable attention on Friday when, following an opening 69, he posted 10 birdies en route to a bogey-free 61.  Merritt, for his part, came home with a Sunday 69 – though he needed to eagle the par-4 16th and birdie Harbor Town’s famed 18th to do it.  Furyk, meanwhile, came out of the gate firing, posting six front nine birdies to turn in 30 before a bogey at the 11th briefly stemmed his momentum.  Bounce-back birdies at the 12th and 13th quickly followed, however, and one more at the par-5 15th eventually saw him home in 63.  In the end, Kisner was the lone man with a chance to catch him, and that he did with a clutch birdie at the long 18th.  The playoff then began with both players birdieing the 18th, but when Furyk posted yet another birdie at the par-3 17th, it was all over...................Bouncing back from a moderately disappointing 2014 campaign, 25-year-old Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat rode a late rally to a playoff victory over 19-year old Chinese star Hao-Tong Li in the inaugural Shenzhen International, in Shanghai.  Ending a victory drought of nearly two years, the 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner was never far from the lead throughout the week, initially playing his first nine in 31 and standing one back on Thursday night, then adding a Friday 69 to trail American Peter Uihlein by one at the halfway point.  The tournament then looked on the verge of a runaway as Aphibarnrat posted nine birdies (against two bogeys) over his first 13 holes on Saturday, but a late stumble (in the form of a double-bogey, bogey finish) reduced what might have been a comfortable 54-hole lead to two.  Bu Aphibarnrat was only able to play his first 10 holes on Sunday in even par, and with none of his closest pursuers mounting a charge, the door was left open for Li, China's top professional prospect and a Web.com Tour player, to make a move.  Five birdies in his first 14 holes moved the teenager into position, and when he birdied the 575-yard 17th, Li found himself with a two-shot lead and on the verge of a breakthrough victory.  But with time running out, Aphibarnrat struck boldly with an eagle at the 17th to tie and then, after narrowly missing a birdie putt at the last to win, carded a birdie on the first hole of sudden death to steal the title..................Thirty-five-year-old New Zealander Michael Hendry began his third season on the Japan Golf Tour in style, charging home with a closing 64 to claim his first victory on the circuit at the season-opening Token Homemate Cup.  Previously a winner on the Australasian and OneAsia Tours, Hendry began his week with a 67 which trailed first round leader Kodai Ichihara by three, then added a 69 which, owing partially to some tougher scoring conditions on Friday, moved Hendry within one of halfway leader I.J. Jang.  Another 69 on Saturday lost ground, however, leaving Hendry to begin Sunday tied for fourth, three behind South Korea’s Hyun-Woo Ryu.  Ryu would hold things together effectively in the final round, shooting 69, while veteran Kazuhiro Yamashita mounted a charge, closing with 66 to finish on 270.  But Hendry was not to be headed, particularly over the final nine wherein he birdied the 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th and 17th, all of which proved just enough to win by one.