On this day in 2017 – Sergio Garcia wins Masters play-off to claim first major

The pair had completed tied on 9 below par after closing rounds of 69, with Rose overturning an early three-stroke deficit to steer by a shot after 16 holes, solely to bogey the seventeenth after which fail to transform a birdie try from seven ft on the final.

That gave Garcia the chance to win his first main on the 74th try, however his putt flashed large of the opening forcing a play-off.

The gamers returned to the 18th, the place England’s Rose was unable to save lots of par after pushing his drive into the timber and hitting a poor restoration, however Garcia completed in model by holing from 12 ft for a birdie.

Garcia’s victory was made all of the extra sweeter by profitable the title on what would have been the sixtieth birthday of his idol Seve Ballesteros.

“It’s been a protracted wait however it’s that a lot sweeter due to that wait. I get to name myself Masters champion and that’s wonderful,” Garcia stated.

“It’s wonderful to do it on Seve’s sixtieth birthday and to affix him and (Jose Maria) Olazabal, my two idols in golf.

“Jose despatched me a textual content on Wednesday telling me how a lot he believed in me and what I wanted to do, imagine in myself, be calm and never let issues get to me as I had up to now.”