Sergio Garcia of Spain won his first major title Β with a thrilling play-off victory over England’s Justin Rose at the Masters Golf Tournament 2017.

Both players finished on nine under par after 72 holes at Augusta, setting up a sudden-death play-off on the 18th.

Sergio Garcia with winning trophy
Sergio Garcia with winning trophy

37 years old Garcia holed a birdie putt for victory after his European Ryder Cup team-mate could only manage a bogey.

Garcia finally won one of golf’s four majors, the Open Championship, the US Open and the US PGA Championship are the other three , after 22 previous top-10 finishes.

He became the third Spaniard to win the Masters,after Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal.