Joy for Garcia at Players Championship

Sergio Garcia became just the second European to win the Players Championship when he beat American Paul Goydos at the first extra hole.

Sergio Garcia became just the second European to win the Players Championship when he beat American Paul Goydos at the first extra hole.

Twenty-one years after Scot Sandy Lyle won in the event's only other play-off, Garcia won it at the very same hole, the famous par-three 17th, with its island green, at the Sawgrass TPC.

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