Spain's Sergio Garcia parred the dangerous island 17th hole in a playoff to defeat Paul Goydos here Sunday and win the US PGA Players Championship, taking the biggest title of his career.
The victory was the first in three years for the 28-year-old Spaniard, who saved a par at the last hole to fire a final-round 71, one-under par, to match US veteran Goydos after 72 holes at five-under par 283.
In the playoff, a wind gust sent Goydos' tee shot into the water while Garcia put his tee shot four feet from the cup and two-putted for the victory.
"It's a lot of hard work that's starting to pay off," Garcia said. "It has been a lot of work. I feel like the last three years I've been playing tournaments well, played very nicely, but I haven't been able to win."
"Everything was so hard out there. I'm just so thrilled I was able to come through with the win."
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