Garcia wins Qatar playoff to end Euro Tour drought


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 25 Jan 2014

Spain's Sergio Garcia poses with the winner's trophy after the final round of Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club January 25, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

(Reuters) - Sergio Garcia claimed his first European Tour victory for more than two years when he beat Finn Mikko Ilonen at the third hole of a playoff at the $2.5 million (1.5 million pounds) Qatar Masters on Saturday.

Both players finished the regulation 72 holes on 16-under-par 272, one ahead of Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello (69) and Dane Thorbjorn Olesen (68).

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