Camilo Villegas won one of the richest playoffs in PGA Tour history on 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," Villegas said. "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.

Garcia was seeking to become the third player to win the Players Championship and Tour Championship in same year, following Tom Kite (1989) and Jodie Mudd (1990).

"I just didn't play well enough today," Garcia said. "I wasn't myself. I managed to do something, but it was a little late in the round. He deserved it."

Fiji's Vijay Singh captured the FedEx Cup crown and its 10 million dollar bonus.

He only had to complete 72 holes to wrap it up, shooting 70 for a nine-over 289 total.

Garcia began the day with a three-shot lead, but stumbled early, dropping two shots on the front nine at the East Lake course.

AFP

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