Andrew Landry regrouped to win The American Express on Sunday after blowing a six-stroke lead on the back nine.
Landry broke a tie with Abraham Ancer with a 7-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole and made a 6-footer on the 18th for a 5-under-par 67 and a two-stroke victory at La Quinta, Calif.
His victory came two years after losing a playoff to Jon Rahm at PGA West. The 32-year-old Texan won after missing seven of eight cuts to start the season.
"That's why you just got to keep grinding it out," Landry said. "We all search for these weeks, and the majority of players out here are going to have them, four, five, six times a year and top-10 players are going to have them a little bit more often. So these are the weeks that we search for and ... hopefully they come sooner than later."
Landry finished at 26-under 262. The victory sends him back to the Masters.
Ancer, trying to become the third Mexican winner in PGA Tour history and first since 1978, tied the Stadium Course record with a 63.
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• Lee Westwood, 46, secured his 25th European Tour victory by closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-shot margin in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at United Arab Emirates. Brooks Koepka, the world's No. 1 player who returned to competition for the first time since October after a knee injury, tied for 34th.
• Nasa Hataoka and Gaby Lopez matched par five times in a playoff at the 18th hole in the LPGA Tour's Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions until it was too dark to continue. They will return Monday morning to decide a winner at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
