There was never a "playoff" but there has always been a season ending "Championship". This tournament, most recently sponsored by Buick, has always been called the "Westchester Classic" (albeit with different names in front of that) for more than the last 40 years. It, for a long time, preceeded the US Open and the crew at Westchester CC, usually had the track groomed like the Open. It was TOUGH. The real crappy thing is the current sponsors have moved this tourn to NJ....bleah.