Troy Merritt got his first Nationwide Tour win south of the border last year...He made a 20-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to trump Adam Bland...Weather plagued the tournament all four rounds, but the pair headed to the extra session after tying at 15-under 273...Four inches of rain pounded the course over tournament week...What made this victory all the more impressive was that Merritt, a Nationwide Tour rookie last year, began the tournament with four consecutive bogeys Thursday morning...Merritt is now a member of the PGA Tour...He is 104th in FedEx Cup standings...He`s made six cuts in 17 starts, but his best finish was a third in New Orleans...Chris Kirk, who won the Fort Smith Classic on Sunday to move to No. 1 on the money list, is not scheduled to be on hand...There is no television coverage of this event...The Nationwide Tour is off next week, but in two weeks it`s the Wayne Gretzky Classic.