World News – CA – Sergio Garcia’s last birdie hole up for grabs in Mississippi

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JACKSON, miss – Sergio Garcia delivered two key shots on the back nine, the last one was an 8-30 inch iron on the last hole for birdie and a one-stroke win at the Sanderson Farms Championship

Garcia finished with a 5-under 67 and won for the 10th consecutive year in the world, and the first time on the PGA Tour since the Masters 2017

Peter Malnati, whose lost PGA Tour victory came at this tournament five years ago, finished with a career-best 63 and waited almost two hours to see if that would hold up.

Garcia was two shots behind when he hit 5 woods on the 14th par-5 which narrowly cleared a bunker, hitting in the upper collar, on the fringe and moving to just inside 4 feet for the eagle to tie for the head

He had to save par from a bunker with a 5ft putt in the 15th after a bad tee shot, then he delivered the winner with a big tee shot on the 18th and a 171-yard Garcia 8 iron immediately started walking after the shot, and he fell next to the hole and settled in just behind

Closing his eyes just before the stroke, a habit he reverted to this week, he did and clenched his fist with a smile never seen on the 40-year-old Spaniard lately

A week after falling into the world top 50 for the first time since 2011, Garcia won for the 11th time on the PGA Tour and the 31st time in the world He finished at 19 under 269

JT Poston, who started the final round tied at three with Garcia and Cameron Davis of Australia, was a shot behind when he missed the 16th fairway on the right, entered a bunker and didn’t failed to save the par He finished with two pars for a 70 to finish alone in third

Davis had three bogeys out of the first nine and was never a factor, finishing with a 72

David Hearn from Brantford, Ont, finished the tournament in a five-way draw for 23rd place He had four birdies in his last round and shot a 2-under 70

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