GREENSBORO, N.C.

Donald Ross — or, more specifically, his course at Sedgefield — got the better of Sergio Garcia down the stretch once before.

Not this time.

Garcia held on to claim a two-stroke win Monday in the water-logged Wyndham Championship for his first PGA Tour victory in four years. He finished with a 66 to wind up at 18- under 262, claim $936,000 in prize money and, perhaps, vindicate himself for his meltdown here 2009.

Back then, his three-shot lead midway through his final round slipped away, and he missed out on a playoff when his bunker shot stopped within an inch of the cup.

Tim Clark was at 16 under following his 67 in the final tour event before the playoffs, and Bud Cauley finished 15 under after his 68.

Garcia led both after the third round and when the fourth round was held up overnight due to a persistent downpour.

He had three straight lateround birdies after a bogey briefly dropped him into a tie for the lead, and cruised to his eighth career PGA victory and first since the 2008 Players Championship.

He began the decisive surge on the par-4 No. 13, plopping his chip roughly a foot from the flagstick and tapping it in for birdie.

He added another birdie on No. 15 — a pretty chip from a greenside bunker left him with a 5-foot putt — and followed that with another birdie on the par-3 16th after his tee shot stopped within 2 feet of the stick. He added a birdie on No. 17 to move to 19 under, leaving his bogey on the final hole inconsequential.

Everything wound up taking a back seat to the weather, as heavy rains dumped more than two inches of water on the course Sunday.

Jason Dufner could have taken over the top spot on the points list with a win, but he finished five strokes back and wound up leapfrogging Rory McIlroy for No. 2 behind Tiger Woods. He came in at No. 3, the highest-ranked player in the field.