BBC SPORT | GOLF | Weir earns play-off win

Canadian Mike Weir hit a birdie on the first hole of a four-man play-off to win the Tour Championship.

Minutes after bogeying the par-four 18th the first time, Weir made amends by running in a seven-foot putt at the same hole to win at the Champions Club, Houston.

He shot a final round three-under-par 68 to finish level with American David Toms, Spain's Sergio Garcia and South African Ernie Els.

They all finished at 14-under 270, one stroke ahead of third-round leader Scott Verplank and fellow American Kenny Perry.

My putter was as good as I could ever imagine

Mike Weir

Tiger Woods, who played with the pain of a sore back all weekend, finished six strokes off the pace.

However, Woods was still able to secure the money title for the fourth time in five years, as well as the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

But it was Weir who stole the show at the last official event of the PGA Tour.

"I haven't been playing as well as I would like, but my putter and scrambling ability held me together," said Weir.

Weir collected $900,000, about �615,000, for his third PGA Tour victory.

Weir began the play-off with a perfect drive.

Tiger Woods in action
Woods claimed the top of the money list prize
But he had to wait about 10 minutes while Els and Garcia tried to hit recovery shots over the trees right of the fairway.

Els successfully found the green to finish on par but Garcia could not recover and had to settle for a bogey.

Toms drove on the fairway but overshot the hole with his second shot, meaning he had to settle for par.

Weir's second shot landed just beyond the pin but he was able to hold his nerve to claim victory.

Results from the final round at the Tour Championship, Houston:

(US unless stated, par 71):

270 Mike Weir (Can) 68 66 68 68, Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 68 65 68, S Garcia (Spa) 69 67 66 68, D Toms 73 66 64 67 (Weir won play-off at first extra hole)
271 K Perry 70 67 65 69, S Verplank 67 65 68 71
272 D Duval 69 69 63 71, B Estes 71 66 65 70, J Furyk 70 71 62 69
275 C DiMarco 69 68 69 69, J Durant 73 65 67 70, B Langer (Ger) 65 68 69 73
276 S Cink 70 70 67 69, T Woods 70 67 69 70 277 T Lehman 69 68 72 68, D Love III 70 72 66 69
278 V Singh (Fij) 70 73 68 67
279 S McCarron 70 70 70 69
280 M Calcavecchia 71 64 69 76


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