Garcia ends title drought at LIV Golf Andalucia

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-5 S Garcia (Spa), A Lahiri (Ind); -4 T Hatton (Eng); -3 P Reed (US) L Oosthuizen (SA); -2 D Lee (NZ), C Smith (Aus), J Niemann (Chi); -1 B DeChambeau (US); E M Leishman (Aus), J Rahm (Spa)

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Home favourite Sergio Garcia earned his first master triumph successful 4 years arsenic he sewage nan amended of India's Anirban Lahiri successful a play-off astatine LIV Golf Andalucia.

The Spaniard changeable a final-round 66 astatine nan Real Club Valderrama to dress up 7 strokes connected overnight leader Lahiri and decorativeness successful a necktie connected 5 under.

A short par putt astatine nan 2nd spread of nan sudden-death play-off was capable to unafraid Garcia his first LIV triumph and prize money of £3.15m.

"Without a uncertainty [one of nan highlights of my career]," Garcia said.

He said astir it being a large Sunday for Spanish sport, saying: "Not only that, but besides Carlos winning. Alcaraz won coming [at Wimbledon].

"Hopefully Spain wins coming [against England successful nan Euro 2024 final].

"It would beryllium an unbelievable weekend. But I played well, played good successful nan play-off. It's conscionable a reliable hole. But truthful happy."

Garcia's astir caller triumph had travel astatine nan 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship.

England's Tyrrell Hatton vanished third, a changeable backmost from nan leaders connected 4 under, pinch American Patrick Reed and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen tied for 4th connected 3 under.

"I felt beautiful gutted for Lahiri," Hatton said. "It was a spot awkward connected nan 18th greenish pinch nan crowd because they wanted Sergio to win.

"I deliberation everyone thought it would beryllium done there, and unluckily for Lahiri, they ended up having to spell into a play-off.

"From my constituent of view, bully to person different bully week going into nan Open."