Sergio García Fernández (; born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish
professional golfer. He has played on the
European Tour
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,
PGA Tour
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and
LIV Golf Invitational Series
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. García has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably the
2008 Players Championship and the
2017 Masters Tournament. García was also the Chairman of Spanish football team
CF Borriol.
García has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the
Official World Golf Ranking, including over 300 weeks in the top 10 between 2000 and 2009, and
over 450 weeks in the top 10 in total. He reached his highest career ranking, second, after winning the
HSBC Champions
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tournament in November 2008. García has achieved career earnings of more than US$43 million. As a player, he is noted for strong iron play and accuracy. In the
Ryder Cup, he competed in ten of the eleven matches playing during his professional career cumulatively earning a record 28.5 points during those matches.
Early years and amateur career
García began playing golf at the age of three and was taught by his father, Victor, who is a club professional. García won his club championship at age 12. Four years later, he set a record as the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event, the 1995 Turespaña Open Mediterranea. This record was broken by amateur Jason Hak in November 2008 at the
UBS Hong Kong Open
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, beating García's record by 107 days. In 1995, García became the youngest player to win the
European Amateur
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. He followed that with a win in the
Boys Amateur Championship
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History
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in 1997. He won a professional tournament, the 1997 Catalan Open as an amateur.
In 1998, he won
The Amateur Championship
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at
Muirfield
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and reached the semi-finals of the
U.S. Amateur
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. He also finished second in the 1998
Argentine Open
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, being the low amateur, and winning the Pereira Iraola Cup.
Professional career
García turned professional in 1999 after shooting the lowest amateur score in the
1999 Masters Tournament. His first title on the
European Tour
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came in his sixth start as a professional, in July 1999 at the
Irish Open. He first achieved worldwide prominence with a duel against
Tiger Woods
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in the 1999
PGA Championship
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, where he eventually finished second, losing by one stroke. Late in the final round, García with his ball up against a tree trunk in the right rough on the 16th hole, and the green hidden from view, he swung hard with his eyes shut and hit a low curving fade that ran up onto the green. As the shot traveled, he sprinted madly into the fairway and then scissor-kick jumped to see the result. Shortly afterwards he became the youngest player ever to compete in the
Ryder Cup.
In 2002, during a practice round, García made an
albatross (double eagle) on the par-5 second hole at the Masters, one of the few players to have ever done so. On the hole at the
Augusta National Golf Club
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, he holed a 2-iron following a drive.
When García first turned professional, he had an unorthodox swing with a circular loop and long large lag, and this method drew comparisons to
Ben Hogan
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, one of the best players of all time. But during the 2003 season, he worked towards making his swing more conventional, but has largely kept his original method. In his early years, he repeatedly gripped, released, and regripped his hands on the club handle before finally taking a shot. This "waggle" habit created a stir, especially at the 2002
U.S. Open when some spectators shouted out, "Hit the ball, Sergio!", and some people audibly counted the number of regrips into the twenties. Since then he has eliminated the habit. Responding to criticism of his swing, he said, "My swing works for me, so why should I change it? I prefer to have a natural swing and play well rather than a perfect swing and not be able to play good."
PGA Tour titles
At the age of 21, García won his first PGA Tour event at the
2001 MasterCard Colonial in
Fort Worth, Texas
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, and then won again at the
Buick Classic
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in New York the same year. He was the youngest Tour winner since Tiger Woods in 1996 at age 20. In
2002, García won the
Mercedes Championships in early January, and in
2004, he won the
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
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and the Buick Classic for the second time. His sixth PGA Tour victory came at the 2005
Booz Allen Classic
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. As of October 2020, he has eleven PGA Tour victories, including the 2017
Masters Tournament
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. He also plays a limited schedule on the European Tour, where he has 16 tour level victories to his name.
Ryder Cup star
García has been a member of every European
Ryder Cup team since
1999, with the exception of 2010, and has a career record at the Ryder Cup of 25–13–7 (). He has been in six winning sides and his singles win in
2018 made him the all-time Ryder Cup points leader, with 25 points in 9 appearances, overtaking
Nick Faldo's 25 points in 11 appearances.
By winning three of his four matches at
Whistling Straits
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in
2021
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, he extended this record to 28 points, and also surpassed Faldo as the player with the most individual match victories, with 25.
In the
2006 Ryder Cup, at the
K Club
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in Republic of Ireland, García won both his fourball and foursome matches (with
José María Olazábal
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and
Luke Donald, respectively) on day one, beating
David Toms
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and
Brett Wetterich
Brett Milton Wetterich (born August 9, 1973) is an American professional golfer.
Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Oak Hills High School and Wallace State Community College. He turned professional in 1994.
Wetterich was a PGA T ...
in the fourballs and
Tiger Woods
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and
Jim Furyk
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in the foursomes. On day two, he paired up with Olazábal again, who won both their matches against
Phil Mickelson
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and
Chris DiMarco
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Early years
Born in Huntington, New York, DiMarco m ...
in both the foursomes and fourballs. Going into the final day in the singles, García was heavily tipped to be the second person to win all their matches in one Ryder Cup; however,
Stewart Cink beat him 4 and 3. Europe won the cup again, with 18 points to the United States' 9 points.
At the
2020 Ryder Cup, Garcia won the inaugural Nicklaus-Jacklin Award for the European team. It is an award given to the player whose teamwork, sportsmanship, performance and decisions epitomized the spirit of the Ryder Cup.
2007: Near-miss at the Open Championship
In March 2007, García received criticism for a spitting incident at the
WGC-CA Championship
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Under sp ...
. During his third round García spat into the bottom of the cup on the 13th green after three-putting for bogey. After missing the cut in the first two major championships of 2007, García came close to winning
The Open Championship
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– his favourite of the four majors – at
Carnoustie Golf Links
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in Scotland. He held the lead after each one of the first three rounds and carried a three-shot lead over
Steve Stricker
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and a six-shot lead over the rest of the field into the start of the fourth day.
At an early stage of the last round, García had extended his lead to four shots, but bogeys at the 5th, 7th, and 8th holes brought him back to the field. On the final challenging hole, he needed a par to win, but failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker. The last putt on the 18th hole on Sunday, from about , would have given him his first professional major. He missed it by a fraction and faced a four-hole playoff with
Pádraig Harrington
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that he eventually lost by one stroke.
In his post-round news conference, García seemed to suggest that bad breaks had cost him the Open championship. During the playoff, on the long par-3 16th hole, his tee shot hit the flagstick but then bounced from the pin, off the green, and García could not convert for birdie. "It's not the first time, unfortunately", he stated. "I don't know... I'm playing against a lot of guys out there, more than the field." In the 2007
PGA Championship
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, he was disqualified after signing an incorrect scorecard after the third round.
2008: Victory at the Players Championship and near-miss at the PGA Championship
On 11 May 2008, García won
The Players Championship
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on the PGA Tour in a sudden-death playoff against
Paul Goydos
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Early life
Goydos was born and raised in Long Beach, California and is the youngest of three brothers ...
. The playoff began at the par-3 17th, where Goydos hit a pitching wedge that ballooned and fell inches short of the island green and into the water, while García played a sand wedge to within four feet (1.3 m) of the hole. Goydos made double bogey while García made par for the win.
At the
2008 PGA Championship, played over the South Course of
Oakland Hills Country Club
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near Detroit, García narrowly missed out on winning his first professional major championship yet again. Like at the 2007 Open Championship,
Pádraig Harrington
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was able to erase a García lead on the back nine to take the title. García finished two strokes back for his second runner-up finish at the
PGA Championship
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. His most serious mistake during the final round was misjudging his second shot on the 16th, playing into a strong wind, which found the water in front of the par-4 hole's green, costing him sole ownership of the lead. Regarding another near-miss in a major championship, García stated, "I felt like I responded well, and he was obviously very good on the back nine, and things just happened his way."
On 26 October 2008, he won his first European Tour title in over three years, at the first playing of the
Castelló Masters Costa Azahar at his home course, the
Club de Campo del Mediterráneo in Castellón, Spain. With this win, he rose to a career high of third in the
Official World Golf Rankings
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
. He dedicated the victory to compatriot
Seve Ballesteros, who was recovering from multiple operations from the
brain tumor
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that would ultimately claim Ballesteros' life. He won the 2008
HSBC Champions
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, the opening event on the 2009 European Tour season on 9 November 2008 in a playoff over
Oliver Wilson
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Amateur car ...
. This win notched him up to a career high second in the
Official World Golf Rankings
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
, replacing
Phil Mickelson
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in that spot, who had coincidentally won the
HSBC Champions
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in 2007. García earned more money than any other golfer in 2008, earning $6,979,959 in 26 events.
2009–2010: Slump in form, competitive break
After his success in 2008, García had a very disappointing season in 2009, rarely contending and finished ranked 74th on the PGA Tour money list. He had more success on the
European Tour
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where he finished tenth in the inaugural
Race to Dubai
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. His slump continued into 2010, and after missing the cut at the US
PGA Championship
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, García announced he was taking a break from golf and would miss the
2010 Ryder Cup. He also dropped out of the top 50 of the
Official World Golf Rankings
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
. Struggles with the putter were the primary cause of his slump, since his ballstriking remained among the best in the world. On 29 August 2010, European captain
Colin Montgomerie
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announced that García would be his fourth vice captain for the
2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.
2011–2012: Return to form
García returned to competitive play in late 2010 with a new putting grip and this produced better results for him on the greens during tournaments in 2011. After 36 holes, he was near the lead in both the 2011 Transitions Championship and the 2011 Byron Nelson Championship, but both times faded on the weekend to fall out of contention.
García had to withdraw from qualifying for the 2011 Open Championship because of an infected finger. He had originally planned against qualifying for the
2011 U.S. Open, where he was outside the top-50 in the OWGR and was not guaranteed automatic entry. He eventually earned a spot in the U.S. Open after being one of the top four at a qualifying tournament near
Memphis
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. García played well in all four rounds of the U.S. Open, ending in a tie for seventh place at five-under par 279.
[ García finished tied for ninth place in The 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's. This was his 17th career top-10 finish in a major.
In late June 2011, García almost broke his winless streak dating back to 2008, when he lost at the fifth sudden-death playoff hole to fellow Spaniard ]Pablo Larrazábal
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Early life
Larrazábal was born in ...
at the BMW International Open
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History
Founded in 1989, it was held near BMW's home city of Munich every year until 2012. From 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011 i ...
. García led the tournament after the 11th hole of the final round with a stunning stretch of holes, which saw him produce three birdies and two eagles in six holes, from holes six to eleven. However his charge to the finish was derailed by four bogeys in five holes, leaving him needing a birdie at the last to make the playoff. In the playoff, both players made consecutive birdies at the first two extra holes (both par 5s) before parring holes three and four (both par 3s). At the fifth extra hole, García had a eagle putt for the victory, but ran the effort four feet (1.3 m) past the hole. The resulting putt lipped out, allowing Larrazábal to hole a two-foot birdie putt for the victory.
García's runner-up finish at the BMW International Open ensured qualification for the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's
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, through the current form money list exemption. García went on to finish tied for 9th place at the Open Championship, his best finish for four years. He continued the run at the 2011 PGA Championship
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where he finished in a tie for 12th place, extending his streak to 50 consecutive majors played, the longest streak among active players. In October 2011, García ended a three-year title drought with back-to-back wins in his home country at the Castelló Masters
The Castelló Masters was a European Tour golf tournament that was played annually from 2008 through 2011. The event was held at the Club de Campo del Mediterráneo in Castellón, Spain.
The inaugural event was won by Sergio García, who also h ...
and the Andalucía Masters
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. García won the Castelló Masters in dominant fashion, with a final score of 27-under-par, 11 strokes ahead of the field. It was the joint third highest victory margin on the European Tour
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, beaten only by Tiger Woods
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' 15 stroke victory at the 2000 U.S. Open and Ernie Els
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' 13 stroke win at the 2005 BMW Asian Open
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The firs ...
. After the win, García dedicated it to the late Seve Ballesteros, stating "That was for Seve."
The following week, García won the Andalucía Masters
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, played at the Club de Golf Valderrama, arguably regarded as one of the toughest golf courses on the European Tour. He edged out fellow countryman Miguel Ángel Jiménez
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Early years
Born in Málaga in southern Spain, Jiménez ...
by one shot after a tense final round. Following his back-to-back wins, García moved back into the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In August 2012, García ended a four-year title drought on the PGA Tour by winning the Wyndham Championship
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History
Founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open, it was usua ...
. In doing so, García also secured his place on the 2012 Ryder Cup team. In December 2012, García fired a final round 61 to win the Iskandar Johor Open
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The 2008 purse was US$500,000. In 2009, Johor Open's purse was ...
on the Asian Tour
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.
2013: Controversy
While tied for the lead at the 2013 Players Championship, García hit three balls into the water on the 17th and 18th holes, finishing quadruple-bogey, double-bogey. He finished tied for eighth place. After the tournament ended, García and Tiger Woods (who won the tournament) had a public feud over an incident that occurred during the third round. Two weeks later, at a European Tour players dinner, García was asked about meeting with Woods at the U.S. Open, to which he responded, "We'll have him 'round every night. We will serve fried chicken." The remark was seen as racist. García issued a statement later that night apologizing and then issued another apology the next day, saying that his comments were "totally stupid and out of place."
2014–2016
In January 2014, García won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
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after defeating Mikko Ilonen
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Career
Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 ...
in a playoff. The win put him back in the world top 10.
In July 2014, García finished joint runner-up at the 2014 Open Championship, two strokes behind Rory McIlroy. This was the second time García had finished as a runner-up at The Open Championship and fourth time in a major championship, having still yet to break through. García began the final round seven strokes behind McIlroy, but got to within two after an eagle on the 10th hole. However his challenge was ended when he left his second shot in the bunker at the par three 15th which he would bogey to fall three behind with three to play. This finish moved García back inside the world's top five in the world rankings.
The biggest result of García's 2015 season was at the 2015 Players Championship; where he tied Rickie Fowler and Kevin Kisner
Kevin James Kisner (born February 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Early life
Kisner was born in Aiken, South Carolina and attended South Aiken High School. He played college golf at the University of Geor ...
at 12 under par after 72 holes. He was then eliminated after the three-hole playoff, after finishing two strokes behind Fowler and Kisner. Fowler would go on to win in sudden-death. On the Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...
, he won the Ho Tram Open in Phước Thuận, Vietnam
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, beating Lin Wen-tang
Lin Wen-tang (, born 28 June 1974) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He comes from a golfing family, with his father and uncle both being professionals and two brothers who played with him on the Asian Tour.
Lin turned professional in 1996, ...
, Himmat Rai
Himmat Singh Rai (born 18 May 1987) is an Indian professional golfer who won the 2011 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic
The ISPS Handa Singapore Classic was a golf tournament on the Asian Tour from 2010 to 2012 at the Orchid Country Club in Singa ...
and Thaworn Wiratchant
Thaworn Wiratchant (born 28 December 1966) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour where he holds the record for most victories, with 18 total wins.
Professional career
Wiratchant's biggest win came in March 2005 when he won th ...
in a four-way playoff.
As the year before at The Players Championship, García came very close to another win on the PGA Tour at The Honda Classic
The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and prior to a schedule change in 2021 was frequently the first of the Florida events in late winte ...
. In a final round showdown with Adam Scott, where the pair started the final round level, the Aussie prevailed by one shot. In May, García won his second AT&T Byron Nelson
The AT&T Byron Nelson is a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently hosted by TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, northeast of Dallas. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which until the 2020 ...
championship in a playoff over Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka (, born May 3, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf tour. In October 2018, he became world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for 47 weeks after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He won the U.S. Ope ...
. The win was his first on the PGA Tour since 2012 and his ninth career victory, tying Seve Ballesteros for most by a Spanish-born player.
2017: First major championship win
In February 2017, García completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
The Dubai Desert Classic is a European Tour golf tournament held on Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 1999 and 2000 it was held at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, all other editions have been held at Emirates Go ...
for his first European Tour title in over three years. The victory was García's 12th of his European Tour career, as he finished three strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson. The victory moved García back inside the top-10 and after the win García said "Hopefully it will be the beginning of a great year."
2017 Masters win
On 9 April 2017, in his 74th major championship, García broke through and won the Masters Tournament
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...
with victory on the first sudden-death playoff hole against Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose, (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour, while keeping his membership on the European Tour. He won his first major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf ...
. García became the third Spanish player to win the Masters, after Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola (, ; born 5 February 1966) is a Spanish professional golfer from the Basque region who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships, both at The Masters.
...
. The victory also came on what would have been Ballesteros' 60th birthday.
García shot rounds of 71-69-70 over the first three rounds to enter the final round at six-under par and in the co-lead with Rose, who played together in the final group. This represented García's second career 54-hole lead/co-lead at a major championship, after the 2007 Open Championship. García began the final round strongly, with two birdies on his opening three holes and he forged a three shot lead early on. Rose came back though and following bogeys on the 10th and 11th for García, Rose opened up a two shot lead.
The 13th hole was then pivotal, as García scrambled a par and Rose missed a short birdie putt to keep the gap at two shots. García would then birdie the next hole and eagle the par five 15th to tie Rose with three holes remaining. They then both hit their tee shots at the 16th close, but only Rose converted, to again lead by one. Rose however would make a mistake at the 17th, leading to a dropped shot and meaning both players were tied going up the 72nd hole. Both players hit their approach shots close on the 18th green, but Rose burnt the lip with his birdie putt. García had a five-foot putt to win the tournament in regulation play but pushed it right resulting in a playoff as both players finished level on 9-under-par after 72 holes.
Playing the 18th hole again, Rose hit his tee shot into the pine straw, meaning his second shot was blocked off by trees, so could only advance his ball 50 yards or so. He played his third to a similar area of the green he had during regulation play. García fired his approach to within twelve feet. Rose's putt for par then missed on the left side of the hole, leaving García with two putts for the win. He only needed one, as he holed his birdie putt for his first major championship.
Rest of 2017
On 9 October 2017, it was announced that García had parted ways with TaylorMade
TaylorMade Golf Company is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The company focuses on the golf equipment market, producing golf clubs, balls, and clothing. TaylorMade Golf is currently ...
after 15 years with the equipment brand.
Two weeks later, he won the Andalucía Valderrama Masters
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. Along with the Omega Dubai Desert Classic
The Dubai Desert Classic is a European Tour golf tournament held on Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 1999 and 2000 it was held at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, all other editions have been held at Emirates Go ...
and the Masters
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, it was the first time he had recorded three wins in a single European Tour season. A few days after his win, he spoke about the rising tensions in Spain after the Catalan independence debate, calling on the country to 'be more together'.
Ahead of the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the DP World Tour Rankings. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The t ...
in November, García dropped a huge hint that he was on the verge of signing an equipment deal with Callaway Golf Company
Callaway, legally Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., is an American global sports equipment manufacturing company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells golf equipment, more specifically clubs and balls, also including accessories such as ...
after playing a full set of the brand's clubs in Dubai.
Following his three-win season, García was named European Tour Golfer of the Year
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in December.
2018
On 21 January 2018, García played a bogey-free 27 holes to win the Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...
's SMBC Singapore Open
The Singapore Open was a golf tournament in Singapore that was predominantly part of the Asian Tour schedule. The event was held at Sentosa Golf Club since 2005 and since 2017 had been part of the Open Qualifying Series, giving up to four non-ex ...
by five strokes over Satoshi Kodaira
is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had seven victories, including two Japan Golf Tour majors, the 2013 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills ...
and Shaun Norris
Shaun Daryl Norris, OAM (born 2 April 1985) is an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He was a member of the Rollers team that competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, his fifth Games.
Personal
Norris is from the Perth suburb of Banksia ...
. García shot four-under on the back nine to close out a third-round 66, then posted a closing three-under 68 in his final round.
2018 Masters
On 5 April 2018, in the first round of the 2018 Masters Tournament, García tied the record for most strokes on a hole in Masters history, shooting a 13 on the 15th hole. García ultimately missed the cut at the 2018 Masters Tournament and failed to defend his title after shooting 81–78.
Rest of 2018
García was a member of the 2018 Ryder Cup winning European team at Le Golf National
The Albatros course at Le Golf National is an 18-hole golf course in France, near Paris. Designed by architects Hubert Chesneau and Robert Von Hagge, in collaboration with Pierre Thevenin, it is located in Guyancourt, southwest of central Paris.
...
outside of Paris, France on 28–30 September 2018. He went 3–1–0 and won his singles match against Rickie Fowler (2 and 1). European captain Thomas Bjørn
Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he ...
made García a captain's pick notwithstanding García's inconsistent play for much of 2018, but was chosen for his passion and record in the Ryder Cup.
On 22 October 2018, García successfully defended his Andalucía Valderrama Masters
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hosted by the Sergio García Foundation title after wrapping up a comfortable four-shot victory at Real Club Valderrama
The Real Club Valderrama (; "Royal Valderrama Club") is one of the best known golf clubs in the world. It is located in the resort of Sotogrande, San Roque in the Andalusia region of southern Spain, a few miles from Gibraltar, and has a single 18 ...
in Spain.
2019
In February 2019, García was disqualified from the Saudi International tournament on the European Tour
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for damaging five greens deliberately in anger during his third round.
In March 2019, García was involved in another controversy at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested ...
. García and Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kuchar (born June 21, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won nine times on the PGA Tour.
Kuchar briefly enjoyed success in the early 2000s before suffering ...
were locked in a quarterfinal duel when things went awry at the par-3 seventh hole. Trailing Kuchar by one, García missed a seven-footer for par to win the hole, his ball coming to rest an inch or two away from the cup. García went after his putt and gave it a quick-rake, and the ball lipped out. Due to the Spaniard's swiftness, Kuchar did not have a chance to concede the putt. As such, García lost the hole. Kuchar told the official he wanted to give García the putt, but that cannot be done retroactively. García eventually lost 2 up to Kuchar, who went on to play in the finals of the event.
In April 2019, García missed the cut at the Masters after shooting 73–75, which was won by Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
*
*
* Woods is widely regarded as ...
, and the missed cut was his 6th straight in a major championship, the longest such streak in his career.
In July 2019, García was again mired in controversy after throwing his driver at his caddie at the final round of the 2019 Open Championship after a poor drive at the fifth hole at Royal Portrush
Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the rota of the Ope ...
. Later that month, footage emerged of García gouging the teebox after a poor drive on the 16th hole, while competing at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
The WGC Invitational was a professional golf tournament that was held in the United States. Established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, it was one of three or four annual World Golf Championships (WGC) until 2021, when the num ...
event in Memphis.
In September 2019, García won the KLM Open
The Dutch Open is an annual golf tournament played in the Netherlands, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972.
History and sponsorship
Founded in 1912, the tournament began as the Dutch Open, be ...
in Amsterdam
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with a one-shot win over teenage Danish golfer Nicolai Højgaard
Nicolai Højgaard (born 12 March 2001) is a Danish professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 2018 European Amateur and being part of the Danish team that won the Eisenhower Trophy later in the year.
Amateur career
Hø ...
. This was his sixteenth European Tour win.
2020
In January 2020, speaking ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is a European Tour golf tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. When founded in 2006, it was one of three European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but at one point was one of six.
Hist ...
, García revealed that he had ended his association with Callaway after just two years together.
In October 2020, García won the Sanderson Farms Championship
The Sanderson Farms Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually in Mississippi. It moved to the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson in autumn 2014, early in the 2015 season.
The tournament has been part of the ...
in Mississippi. He has now won PGA Tour events in three separate decades.
Tennis debut
Also in October 2020, it was announced that García would partner Amer Delić
Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team.
Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern p ...
in a semi-professional doubles tournament to be held in Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
. The pair lost their opening match at the Men's UTR Pro Tennis event.
2022
In May, while competing at the Wells Fargo Championship
The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour. Held in early May at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte (except in 2022, when it was played at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm), it has attracted some of t ...
on the PGA Tour, García had a verbal altercation with a rules official while attempting to find his ball. García become heated after being told it took too long to find his ball, leading to him shouting "A couple more weeks, and I won't have to deal with you anymore". This led to speculation that Garcia would join the Saudi Arabia-led LIV Golf Invitational Series
LIV Golf () is a professional golf tour financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The name "LIV" refers to the Roman numerals for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the num ...
. García resigned from the PGA Tour and was then suspended from its future tournaments after he began play in the first LIV Golf tournament.
Personal life
In July 2017, García married Golf Channel
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reporter Angela Akins, the daughter of Marty Akins
Martin Ray Akins (born January 6, 1954) is a former college All-American football player and politician. He started as quarterback for the Texas Longhorns in the early 1970s and was the only Longhorn quarterback to start three seasons directing ...
. His sister Mar is married to the footballer Pablo Hernández. Until June 2018, he was also the president and chairman of his hometown football club CF Borriol, for whom he occasionally played in the Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
. He maintains residences in Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
, Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
, Borriol
Borriol is a town and municipality located in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain.
History
Numerous archaeological remains, including the rock paintings of l'Albaroc indicate that the Borriol area was populated in antiquity. Th ...
, and Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
...
.
On 14 March 2018, García became a father. He named his daughter Azalea, after the famed flowers of Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, sometimes referred to as Augusta or the National, is a golf club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Unlike most private clubs which operate as non-profits, Augusta National is a for-profit corporation, and it does n ...
and the nickname for the par-5 13th hole where García made par to move ahead and help claim his first major. They had son Enzo in April 2020.
García is also an avid Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
supporter and was invited to take the honorary kickoff for El Clásico
El Clásico or el clásico (; ca, El Clàssic, ; ) is the name given to any football match between rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Originally referring to competitions held in the Spanish championship, the term now includes every m ...
(between Real and archrival FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded ...
) at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
wearing his green jacket after his Masters victory.
Amateur wins
*1995 European Amateur
The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was one of the "Elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Rank ...
*1997 Boys Amateur Championship
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History
The Boys Amateur Championship was first played at Royal Ascot in 1921. In 1921 boys had to ...
, Sherry Cup (Sotogrande)
*1998 Spanish International Amateur Championship, The Amateur Championship
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Professional wins (36)
PGA Tour wins (11)
PGA Tour playoff record (6–6)
European Tour wins (16)
''*Note: The 2018 Andalucía Valderrama Masters was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
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, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia
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European Tour playoff record (4–4)
Japan Golf Tour wins (1)
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)
Asian Tour wins (6)
''*Note: The 2012 Iskandar Johor Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million.
Professional golf in Korea dates back to the mid 20th century. ...
2Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
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, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia
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3Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
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Asian Tour playoff record (2–0)
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
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, Asian Tour
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and Sunshine Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–1)
Other wins (5)
Other playoff record (2–0)
Major championships
Wins (1)
1Defeated Rose in a sudden-death playoff: García (3), Rose (5).
Results timeline
''Results not in chronological order in 2020.''
LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" = tied
DQ = disqualified
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2014 U.S. Open – 2016 Open)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2002 Masters – 2002 PGA)
The Players Championship
Wins (1)
Results timeline
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Results in World Golf Championships
''Results not in chronological order before 2015.''
1Cancelled due to 9/11
2Cancelled due to COVID-19
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pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
PGA and European Tour career summary
* As of 19 September 2020
These figures are from the respective tour's official sites. Note that there is double counting of money earned and wins in the majors and World Golf Championships.
Team appearances
Amateur
*Jacques Léglise Trophy
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(representing the Continent of Europe): 1995, 1997 (winners)
*European Boys' Team Championship
The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since.
...
(representing Spain): 1995, 1996 (winners)
*European Amateur Team Championship
The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959.
The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(representing Spain): 1995, 1997 (winners)
* Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1995 (winners), 1997
*Eisenhower Trophy
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(representing Spain): 1996, 1998
*St Andrews Trophy
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It was first played in 1 ...
(representing the Continent of Europe): 1996
Professional
* Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Spain): 1999 (winners)
* Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1999, 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners), 2006
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(winners), 2008, 2012 (winners), 2014 (winners), 2016, 2018 (winners), 2021
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*Seve Trophy
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(representing Continental Europe): 2000 (winners), 2003
*World Cup
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(representing Spain): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
Golf equipment
García previously had an endorsement deal with TaylorMade
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and Adidas
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, at the time a joint company used all TaylorMade equipment, and Adidas shoes and clothing.
Following the acquisition of TaylorMade by KPS Capital Partners
KPS Capital Partners is an American investment company that manages KPS Special Situation Funds, a family of investment funds. KPS specifically invests out of two funds raised in October 2019: KPS Special Situations Fund V ($6.12 billion) and KPS ...
and separation from Adidas and after fifteen years with the company, in January 2018 Sergio García severed his ties with TaylorMade, remained with Adidas and signed with Callaway. At the start of 2020, García confirmed he had parted ways with Callaway after two years to become a free agent.
See also
* List of golfers with most European Tour wins
*List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins
This is a list of golfers who have won five or more events on the Asian Tour since its founding in 1995.
Many of the players on the list have won events on Professional golf tours, other tours and unofficial events or won tournaments that have b ...
*Monday Night Golf
''Monday Night Golf'' is a series of match play golf challenge matches that ran from 1999 to 2005, and was revived in 2012. All the matches have involved World Number 1 Tiger Woods, and the first seven were run by his representatives IMG and we ...
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Interview
– ''The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
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Spanish male golfers
European Tour golfers
PGA Tour golfers
LIV Golf players
Winners of men's major golf championships
Ryder Cup competitors for Europe
Olympic golfers of Spain
Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Spanish football chairmen and investors
Association footballers not categorized by position
Association football players not categorized by nationality
Tercera División players
Laureus World Sports Awards winners
People from Plana Alta
Sportspeople from the Province of Castellón
1980 births
Living people