Garrido welcomes end of six-year winning drought

SPAIN’S Ignacio Garrido, only 123rd on the European Order of Merit and 228th in the world, became the third successive shock winner of the Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth yesterday.

After the victories of Andrew Oldcorn and Anders Hansen, neither of whom were in the world's top 100 at the time, Garrido collected his first win for six years by beating South African Trevor Immelman at the first hole of a play-off after a brilliant closing round of 65.

"I don't know if my heart is beating at the normal rate, but I don't think so," said the 31-year-old, who went into a slump after playing in Europe's Ryder Cup triumph at Valderrama in 1997.