After claiming maiden title at the BMW Championship three weeks ago Colombian Camilo Villegas wins Tour Championship in a playoff at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday.The pair finished the 72 regulation holes on seven-under-par 273, Garcia parring the last for a 71 and Villegas closing with an eight-birdie 66.By winning this event village also gets a cheque for $1.26 million (£688,478).

“Winning is awesome,” Villegas said after closing with a 4-under 66.

“Probably the shot of the tournament there,” Villegas said. “There’s a great chance the ball is going to plug if it comes up short in that bunker, and a yard long and it’s in the water. So it’s just hit and beg. It happened to be just fine.”

in the 2008 PGA Tour season, Villegas has achieved four top 25 finishes and three top 10 finishes, including a 3rd place finish at the AT&T Classic where he barely missed a difficult eagle putt on the 72nd hole which would have put him into a 3-way playoff with Kenny Perry and the eventual champion, Ryuji Imada. He won $374,000 and earned 1,700 FedEx Cup points for his 3rd place finish.

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