IRVING, Texas -- Sergio Garcia shot a 62 the first round he played at the Byron Nelson and tied for third as a 19-year-old kid in 1999. He won there five years later, again with Lord Byron watching.
With another victory at the Nelson, Garcia matched Seve Ballesteros for the most PGA Tour victories by a Spanish-born player.
Garcia made a par on the first playoff hole Sunday to beat Brooks Koepka for his ninth career PGA Tour victory and his first since 2012. He then touched the likeness of Nelson that tops the championship trophy and wiped away tears while sharing a moment with Peggy Nelson, the late golfer's widow.
"I just said thanks for everything, that it was great to see her again," Garcia said. "It's been a very emotional week and obviously Peggy finished it off by making me cry, which I didn't think I was going to do."
Garcia, 36, overcame four bogeys, and two balls in the water on the back nine, for a 2-under 68 to get to 15-under 265. He was two groups ahead of the final pairing of hometown favorite Jordan Spieth and Koepka, who bogeyed the 14th and 15th holes and just missed a birdie chance at 18.
"To be up there with Seve, it means the world to me and I kind of -- you can kind of say I went a little bit a la Seve today," he said. "I definitely wasn't driving the ball great until the end and a couple of iron shots here and there, but I was chipping and putting great. Some of his wins were like that and I'm very proud of it."
Koepka, who started the day with a two-stroke lead over Spieth, was 17 under after his last birdies of the day, at Nos. 7 and 9. He shot 71.
Spieth, the world's No. 2-ranked player, had two bogeys in his first five holes Sunday and went on to shoot 74. He finished tied for 18th at 10 under.
"Just didn't really get anything going and kind of stinks, given I had a chance here at a hometown event," Spieth said.
Koepka hit each of his first two shots into the rough at the 14th and 15th holes. Those bogeys allowed Garcia to match the lead.
Even after his drive at No. 18 went into the right rough, Koepka still had a chance to win without a playoff when he made a nice shot to the green. But his 16-foot birdie chance curled just under the cup.
Garcia was 15 under for the third time in his final round when he made a short birdie putt after a nice chip shot at the par-5 16th. He had two 12-foot birdie chances after that, but the ball stopped short at the par-3 17th and curled around the cup at No. 18.
In his 301st PGA Tour start, Garcia improved to 5-6 in playoffs and got a check for $1,314,000. Koepka was in his first playoff in his 55th tournament, a year after his only victory in the Phoenix Open.
After three consecutive sub-70 rounds, Bryce Molder (Conway) shot a 2-over 72 on Sunday to finish in a tie for 24th at 9 under to earn a $54,020 a paycheck.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
No problem for Langer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Bernhard Langer ran away with the Regions Tradition for his sixth senior major and 27th PGA Tour Champions title.
Langer birdied four of six holes starting on No. 12 to pull away for a six-stroke victory over Olin Browne. The 58-year-old German finished with a 5-under 67 at Greystone for a 17-under 271 total.
Langer matched Gary Player and Tom Watson with the third-most major championships on the 50-and-over-tour, behind Hale Irwin's seven and Jack Nicklaus' eight. The German opened the day with a four-stroke lead, lost a couple of strokes and closed emphatically with the birdie binge.
John Daly (Dardanelle, Arkansas Razorbacks) eagled the par-5, 18th hole to cap a 2-over 74 final round. He finished in a tie for 15th at 5 under and won $40,250. Glen Day (Little Rock) finished the tournament at 6 over and in a tie for 58th to win $4,255.
LPGA TOUR
Juntanugarn wins again
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Ariya Jutanugarn won the Kingsmill Championship by one shot for her second consecutive victory on the LPGA Tour.
The 20-year-old Jutanugarn became the first Thai winner in tour history two weeks ago in Alabama. On Sunday, she closed with a 4-under 67 to finish at 14-under 270 on the River Course.
Jutanugarn has broken through after two final-round meltdowns. Last month in the ANA Inspiration, she had a two-stroke lead with three holes left and closed with three bogeys to finish fourth -- two strokes behind winner Lydia Ko. In the 2013 LPGA Thailand at age 17, Jutanugarn blew a two-stroke lead with a closing triple bogey in a one-stroke loss to Inbee Park.
Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Razorbacks) finished in a tie for 26th place at 4 under and won $10,898.
WEB.COM TOUR
Werenski closes strong
GREER, S.C. -- Richy Werenski won the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, finishing with his second consecutive 6-under 65 for a two-stroke victory.
Werenski, the 24-year-old former Georgia Tech player who won the Golf Channel's Big Break series last year, birdied the par-5 15th and 16th holes and closed with two pars at the Thornblade Club. He finished the three-course event at 21-under 265.
Sebastian Cappelen (Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 3-under 68 to finish in a tie for eighth at 16 under and won $18,900. Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) finished tied for 40th at 10 under and won $2,502. Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Razorbacks) was a stroke behind that and won $1,850. Matt Arkins (Henderson State) shot a 4-0ver 75 on Sunday and slipped from 12th to 52nd but earned $1,850.
Sports on 05/23/2016