Briton Lee Westwood won the St. Jude Classic, making his first win in a tournament this season. Second was the third American and Swedish Garrigus Karlsson. English pocketed $ 1 million in a PGA Tour event.
Briton Lee Westwood was today proclaimed champion St. Jude Classic golf to overcome in the play-off American Robert Garrigus and Swede Robert Karlsson. Westwood needed four-hole playoff to clinch the tournament after finishing fourth round equaled accumulated 270 hits, ten under par for the course. This victory is the first of the year for the British and the second in his PGA career.
Villegas could not be traced
For his part, Colombian Camilo Villegas, who will compete next week at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (California), Memphis finished the tournament in eighth place, tied with three American players. Villegas toured the 18 holes of the TPC Southwind on 67 hits and managed to get 12 posts about the day yesterday.
The St. Jude Golf Classic, held in Memphis (Tennessee, USA), distributed 500 points overall and $ 5.6 million, of which Wesrwood pocketed more than one million, according to the organization of the tournament PGA.
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