Garcia captures Buick in three-man playoff

The 24-year-old Spaniard beat Rory Sabbatini and Padraig Harrington.
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HARRISON, N.Y. -- Sergio Garcia won a three-man playoff for the second time in five weeks, holing a 7-foot birdie putt to beat Rory Sabbatini on the third extra hole in the Buick Classic.
Padraig Harrington was eliminated on the second extra hole in the seventh playoff in the last 12 years on the Westchester Country Club course.
Garcia, who beat Dudley Hart and Robert Damron last month on the first playoff hole in the Byron Nelson Championship, earned $945,000 for his fifth PGA Tour victory and second on the hilly, tree-lined course.
The 24-year-old Spanish star set up his winning putt on the par-5 18th hole with a 90-yard wedge shot, after Sabbatini left his 70-yard third shot 21 feet short of the hole. Sabbatini's putt finished 3 feet from the hole, setting the stage for Garcia in the final event before the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
All three players birdied the 18th in regulation to top the field that featured 25 of the top 30 players on the money list.
Garcia was the first to reach 12 under, finishing off his second straight 4-under 67 with a 4 1/2-foot birdie putt. Harrington holed a 16-foot birdie chip from the right fringe for his fourth 68. Sabbatini followed with a 7-foot putt for his second consecutive 70.
Champions Tour
PARKVILLE, Mo. -- Allen Doyle won the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am after the final round was canceled because of rain.
Overnight rain made The National Golf Club of Kansas City course unplayable Sunday, and officials shortened the tournament to 36 holes.
Doyle finished at 13-under 131 for his first Champions Tour victory of the season and first since winning the Fleet Boston Classic in August. Jerry Pate, who matched the course record with a 7-under 65 Saturday, was second at 12-under.
Scottish PGA
GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Miles Tunnicliff shot a 4-under 68 for a five-stroke victory at the Scottish PGA's Diageo Championship.
Tunnicliff had four birdies on the Gleneagles course and finished at 13 under for his second European title.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell was second after closing with a 67.
Steven O'Hara of Scotland (67) and Australia's Nick O'Hern (71) finished at 7-under. Colin Montgomerie had a closing 72 and finished at 1-under.
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