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Villegas claims play-off win

Spaniard surrenders three-shot overnight lead

Last updated: 29th September 2008

Villegas: second straight win

Collated scores:
273 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 65 67 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 66 69 66 (Villegas won at 1st extra hole)
274 Phil Mickelson 68 68 69 69, Anthony Kim 64 69 72 69
278 Ben Curtis 71 69 68 70
280 Jim Furyk 72 70 69 69, Mike Weir (Can) 70 69 71 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 73 70 69
281 KJ Choi (Kor) 69 70 70 72
282 Dudley Hart 73 69 71 69, Justin Leonard 73 69 73 67, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 73 71 70, Billy Mayfair 72 71 69 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 71 70 69
283 Kevin Sutherland 71 71 69 72
284 Robert Allenby (Aus) 75 66 67 76
286 Hunter Mahan 74 75 68 69, Ken Duke 77 69 69 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 75 72 71 68, D.J. Trahan 71 72 71 72
287 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 76 72 71 68
289 Vijay Singh (Fij) 73 74 72 70, Chad Campbell 72 73 75 69
290 Steve Stricker 74 74 70 72, Kenny Perry 76 75 67 72, Stewart Cink 75 73 73 69
291 Andres Romero (Arg) 73 68 78 72, Briny Baird 74 71 70 76
292 Tim Clark (Rsa) 78 74 71 69
295 Bubba Watson 71 74 74 76

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Camilo Villegas won the Tour Championship after a play-off against Sergio Garcia, the Colombian's second straight tournament victory.

The pair had finished the 72 regulation holes on seven-under-par 273, Villegas firing an eight-birdie 66 and Garcia closing with a 71.

Garcia started the day with a three-shot lead but fell back after dropping three shots in his first 10 holes.

He moved back into contention with birdies at 12 and 15 to force a play-off, but paid the price for a poor tee shot at the first extra hole, the par three 18th.

He pushed his approach right and then came up short of the green with his chip, enabling Villegas to win with a regulation par.

It was the second sudden death loss for the Spaniard in the FedEx Cup play-off series, having lost to Vijay Singh at the second extra hole at The Barclays last month.

"For whatever reason, I struggled the first 10 holes," he said. "I don't know why, because I've been playing nicely and it shouldn't be any different. But I just didn't commit to my shots the way I should have and then I paid the price.

"We all knew he was a good player. There's no doubt that the win at the BMW (Championship) made him go one step higher.

"The only thing you can do is move on. It was a good year. It could have been a great year, but it was a very solid year. Obviously I see a lot of positives, which is great."

Victory means Villegas finishes second in the FedEx Cup standings following his victory in the BMW Championship three weeks ago, with Singh - who had won two of the three play-off tournaments - confirmed in first place and picking up the $10million bonus.

The Colombian looked back at his approach to the difficult 17th hole, where the ensuing birdie proved crucial to earning a play-off spot.

"Probably the shot of the tournament right there," he reflected. "There's a great chance the ball is going to plug if it comes up short in that bunker, a yard long and it's in the water. So it's just hit and beg. It happened to be just fine.

"Sometimes I'm a little stubborn. I had a good number, a little funky lie, and I wasn't sure if it was going to jump a little bit or not.

"I pretty much had to birdie that hole to give myself a great chance, and that's exactly what I did. Winning is awesome."

Villegas, who is set to move up to sixth in the world rankings, earned $1.26million for winning the Tour Championship and $3million in bonus money for his second-place finish in the FedEx Cup.