Rose missed a 7-footer for birdie at the 18th hole, giving Garcia a chance to win the first major championship of his career from just 5 feet away.
-Sergio Garcia tugged the lapel of his green jacket with both hands, proud of his prize and how he earned it.
"I feel motivated for the summer and I will be moving on and setting goals very quickly after this". "I still believed", Garcia said.
"I mean, I can't pick holes in my performance".
Rose's playoff tee shot soared deep into trees right of the fairway but bounced out onto pine straw while Garcia found the fairway.
Triumph finally came after his 12-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole on Augusta's par-four 18th.
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Garcia says he has learned to accept bad bounces.
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The only U.S. Ryder Cup players from previous year who were among the top 10 were Matt Kuchar of St. Simons Island, Ga., whose hole in one at No. 16 was the highlight of a 67 that moved him into a tie for fourth, and Ryan Moore, Davis Love III's captain's pick who clinched the winning point at Hazeltine and tied for ninth at Augusta. Rose's burned the cup, so Garcia had a short birdie putt to win the championship - and missed, prompting a playoff. "It's not going to be a disaster", Garcia said. "I hit it where I wanted". "He congratulated me, he sent me a message saying how happy he was for me and that I deserved it".
McIlroy needs a victory at Augusta National to join Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in having won all four major titles.
Garcia opened the back nine with two bogeys and trailed by two at the par-5 13th, where his drive landed under a bush. He had to declare an unplayable lie and take a drop.
With Rose lagging his long eagle attempt to tap-in distance, Garcia holed from 15 feet to get back on level terms, but Rose reclaimed the lead with a birdie on the 16th before failing to get up and down from a bunker on the 17th.
"Even after the two bogeys, I knew I could still do it". "That putt really turned the clock a little bit for me". I felt positive. I felt confident.
Omega retailers will be delighted to see that this week adverts have appeared in major United Kingdom newspapers that congratulate Mr Garcia alongside an image of the Seamaster. "And I hit one of the best putts I hit all week".
"It is awesome. To do it on his (Ballesteros') 60th birthday and to join him and Jose Maria Olazabal, my two idols in golf, it is something wonderful", said Garcia.
Rose and Garcia each closed with rounds of 3-under-par 69 to finish regulation at 9-under 279. The Spaniard was left with two putts to win but only needed one.
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