Beating englandsjustin rose on the first play off hole. The spaniard and rose were tied at nine under after regulation and our reporter Tim Haguejoined Me and explained what happened towards the end. It was neck and neck for the first nine. Exciting but not super exciting but down the backstretch, both players really came into their own. Theyre good friends, ryder cup teammates, there were birdies left right and centre, garcia found himself behind two trees, in a bush on one hole, salvaged par, one got ahead, then the other, and of eagle for garcia on the final holes gave him a chance and justin rose birdied again at ten under two go into the lead and then garcia made a decent edgy putt to get down to nine, then on the 18th, both brilliant shots on the final green. Both got close and both missed. Everyone watching in despair, they were in despair, rose thought he had missed it, garcia missed an even shorter one, it went toa missed an even shorter one, it went to a play off with the sun
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