Westwood wins thriller in Memphis

Final leaderboard (US unless stated):
-10 R Garrigus, R Karlsson (Swe), L Westwood (Eng)
-9 G Willis, S Micheel -8 H Slocum -7 B Mayfair
Westwood won at fourth hole of play-off

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Westwood's win in the US was his first since 1998

Lee Westwood beat Sweden's Robert Karlsson and US pro Robert Garrigus in a three-man play-off to win a remarkable St Jude Classic in Memphis.

Garrigus needed only a six on the par-four 18th in regulation play to claim his maiden PGA tour victory.

But his triple-bogey seven opened the door to the Europeans, and he was the first to be eliminated in the play-off.

Westwood and Karlsson played three more holes of sudden death before the Briton's birdie gave him the win.

It was the Worksop professional's second career victory on the PGA Tour but first since 1998.

While Karlsson, playing with Garrigus, had a quiet final round with one bogey and two birdies, it was the in-form Westwood who laid down the gauntlet early on an extraordinary final day.

The world number three had birdies at two, three and four and with Garrigus having bogeyed the first that meant Westwood, three behind overnight, held a one-shot lead.

Garrigus made life even harder for himself when bogeying the sixth as well, but played terrific golf from the eighth onwards.

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Four birdies from the American - at eight, 10, 15 and 16 - gave him a clear edge once again as Westwood could only register a string of pars.

A bogey at 17 from the Englishman seemed to ruin his chances once and for all, only for Garrigus's meltdown on the 18th to bring both him and Karlsson back into the picture.

The American approached the last tee with a three-shot lead but hit his first shot into water to the left of the fairway.

After taking a drop he put his next shot into trees, forcing him to lay up sideways and he eventually ended up with his lead wiped out.

In the play-off, the three started at the 18th, and Garrigus drove behind a tree to run up an eventual bogey while the two Europeans parred.

They then went to the 11th, which each man parred in three, and then the 12th, where they both managed to three-putt for bogeys.

With the shadows lengthening, they went to the 18th yet again, and after a brilliant approach with a wedge, Westwood holed from six feet for a winning birdie.

It made Westwood the first European to win the tour's third longest-running event and it was his first triumph in America since winning the Freeport-McDermott Classic in New Orleans 12 years ago.

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