Villegas beats Garcia in playoff to win Tour C'ship

ATLANTA (Georgia) (AFP) - Camilo Villegas won one of the richest playoffs in PGA Tour history Sunday by beating Sergio Garcia to win the PGA Tour Championship title.

Colombia's Villegas earned a total of 4.26 million dollars in prize money, including three million dollars for finishing second in the FedEx Cup series standings.

The Tour Championship title was worth another 1.26 million dollars.

"This is unbelievable," said Villegas, who had five birdies in one span of six holes on his way to a 66 and a seven-under total of 273. "I cannot emphasize how hard I have worked and my team has helped me."

Villegas, who captured his first USPGA Tour title just three weeks ago, clinched Sunday's win when Spain's Garcia left his chip-in attempt short on the first playoff hole, after hitting a poor tee shot.