Late surge seals Garcia’s win
Sergio Garcia delivered two key shots on the back nine, the last one an 8- iron to 30 inches on the final hole for birdie and a one- shot victory in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.
Garcia closed with a 5- under 67 and won for the 10th consecutive year worldwide, and the first time on the PGA Tour since the 2017 Masters.
Peter Malnati closed with a career- best 63 and waited nearly two hours to see if it would hold up. It almost did.
Garcia was two shots behind when he hit a 5- wood on the par- 5 14th that narrowly cleared a bunker, hitting in the top collar, onto the fringe and rolling out to just inside 4 feet for eagle to tie for the lead.
He had to save par from a bunker with a 5- foot putt on the 15th after a poor tee shot, and then he delivered the winner with a big tee shot on the 18th and an 8- iron from 171 yards. Garcia immediately began walking after the shot, and it dropped down next to the hole and settled right behind it.
First LPGA win
Mel Reid of England seized control with a run of birdies around the turn and finished with a 4- under 67 and a two- shot victory in the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway, N. J., for her first LPGA Tour title.
In her last start two weeks ago, Reid, 33, lost a two- shot lead in the Cambia Portland Classic. When she rapped in her 2- foot birdie putt, she dropped her putter and the celebration was on. She was showered with a combination of beer and champagne, eventually grabbed a bottle of bubbly and took a swig.
Reid’s only mistake on the back nine was a bogey on the par- 3 17th, which cut her four- shot lead in half when Jennifer Kupcho and Jennifer Song each made birdie.
Playoff victory
Englishman Aaron Rai needed only one playoff hole to beat compatriot Tommy Fleetwood and win the Scottish Open in North Berwick, Scotland, for his second European Tour title. Fleetwood ( 67) birdied the last hole of regulation to match Rai’s total of 11 under par, but then missed from three feet for par on the first extra hole.
“Tommy had finished off incredibly and it’s not nice to see him miss that but it feels incredible,” said Rai, 25, who set the clubhouse target after a superb 7- under 64.