Sergio Garcia won the biggest title of his career, and his first on the PGA Tour in three years, with a playoff victory over American Paul Goydos at the Players Championship on Sunday. The Spaniard, who began the final round three strokes off the pace, triumphed at the first extra hole after hitting a superb tee shot to four feet at the treacherous par-three 17th. Although the 28-year-old missed the birdie putt, his par was good enough to sink Goydos who double-bogeyed after his tee shot found water short of the island green. The pair had finished the 72 regulation holes at five-under-par 283, journeyman Goydos missing a nine-footer to bogey the last for a 74 and Garcia closing with a 71. “This is huge for me and I'm sure it will be huge for everybody back at home,” Garcia told reporters after earning the winner's check for $1.71 million and becoming the first European champion since Britain's Sandy Lyle in 1987. “And I want to thank Tiger (Woods) for not being here,” he added with a broad grin. World number one Woods missed the event unofficially dubbed the fifth major as he recovers from knee surgery. Sorenstam strolls to title In Virginia, Sweden's Annika Sorenstam fired a five-under par 66 Sunday to win the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open by seven strokes aned capture the 72nd crown of her career. Sorenstam, the former world number one who went winless last year, took her third title of the season with a 72-hole tournament-record total of 19-under par 265 to claim the $330,000 top prize at the $2.2 million event. South Korean Jeong Jang, Sorenstam's nearest rival most of the day, birdied the fifth and ninth holes but ended with a bogey to fall into a four-way share of second on 272. Also sharing second were Americans Allison Fouch and Christina Kim and Britain's Karen Stupples with Australian Katherine Hull on 273 and Taiwan's Candie Kung and Sweden's Sophie Gustafson on 274. Sorenstam's season winnings jumped to 1.2 million dollars but she still trails world number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico by just over $300,000 on the LPGA season money list. Ochoa shared 12th on 277 after a disappointing week, firing a final
