Sergio Garcia goes wire-to-wire in Dubai

Published Feb. 5, 2017 11:37 a.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

While Tiger Woods' withdrawal after a poor first round on Thursday was the biggest headline to emerge from the Dubai Desert Classic, Sergio Garcia has a perfect weekend and pulled off a wire-to-wire victory over Henrik Stenson.

Garcia carded a bogey-free round of 69 to beat Stenson by three strokes, winning for the first time in eight appearances at the tournament. Garcia had previously never finished in the top 10.

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It's Garcia's first win since the AT&T Byron Nelson last May, and he'll be taking home a gigantic trophy.

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