MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lee Westwood won the St. Jude Classic for his second career PGA Tour victory and first since 1998, beating Swede Robert Karlsson on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday.
The Englishman became the first European to win the event after Robert Garrigus blew a three-stroke lead on the final hole of regulation with a triple bogey. He bogeyed the first playoff hole.
Westwood and Karlsson went par-par-bogey until they returned to No. 18 again. Westwood stuck his approach 6 feet from the pin on No. 18. Karlsson left his birdie putt from 43 feet away to extend the playoff about a foot short.
Westwood, who went 17 straight holes between birdies, rolled in the 6-footer for his first PGA win since New Orleans.
LPGA Tour
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The final round of the weather-plagued LPGA State Farm Classic at Panther Creek Country Club was pushed back until today. Cristie Kerr and Anna Nordqvist share the lead at 20 under.
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