TOURNAMENT host Sergio Garcia dedicated his victory in the Andalucia Valderrama Masters to his wife Angela and their unborn child after claiming a sixth victory on home soil.
Masters champion Garcia, who won the last staging of the event in 2011, carded a closing 67 to finish 12 under par, a shot ahead of Holland’s Joost Luiten, who shot 66.
England’s Daniel Brooks was four strokes further back in third, a result good enough to secure his European Tour card for next season by moving him from 123rd on the Race to Dubai to inside the top 100.
And Welshman Jamie Donaldson, who secured the winning point in the 2014 Ryder Cup, also climbed from 118th to 99th on the money list thanks to claiming fourth place – his best result of the season – on five under.
Scotland’s Scott Jamieson closed by shooting 73, ending up three under par and level for sixth overall with Denmark’s Anders Hansen.
“It was amazing,” Garcia said after closing the gap on Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood to under 800,000 points. “All three of us [in the final group] played amazing.
“Daniel played great with everything he had on the line, trying to keep his card, and Joost played unbelievable. I played really well and felt like maybe I could get away and he just kept coming back and made it an amazing match.
“I stayed patient the whole time, made sure the bad moments didn’t affect me too much and made a couple of really key putts coming in.
“I want to dedicate this one to my wife Angela and our little baby coming next year in March – this one is for them.”
Garcia’s one-shot overnight lead was quickly wiped out when Brooks birdied the second, but recovered well and ended up with the luxury of two-putting from close range to claim a third win of the season.
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