The Spanish Sergio García is without doubt one of the three golfers who closed this Friday as chief of the LIV match in Miami, after the primary day during which his compatriot Jon Rahm completed two pictures behind the perfect. García obtained a -5 (67 strokes with 5 birdies with out bogeys).
With -5, People Peter Uihlein and Talor Gooch are additionally on the high.
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Sergio Garcia, outcomes
Two strokes away and -3 seems Rahm, who had a debut in Miami with a bit of the whole lot: 4 birdies, an eagle, a bogey and a double bogey.
The Basque will face the Augusta Masters subsequent week, during which he defends the inexperienced jacket that he received in 2023. The opposite two Spaniards on this match, Eugenio Chacarra and David Puig, concluded their first day with a +1 and a +3, respectively.
As well as, the Chilean Mito Pereira was among the many finest with a -3, the Chilean Joaquín Niemann obtained a -1, the Mexican Abraham Ancer achieved a +1, the Colombian Sebastián Muñoz had a +2 and the Mexican Carlos Ortiz completed equally this primary spherical with a +2.
He started enjoying golf on the age of three on the “Membership de Campo del Mediterráneo”, the place his father Victor was a instructor. At 12 he was already champion of his membership, 4 years later he grew to become the youngest participant to make the lower in a European Tour occasion, within the 1995 Turespaña Open Mediterranea.
This report was damaged by novice Jason Hark within the UBS Hong Kong Open . In the identical yr Garcìa grew to become the youngest participant to win the European Newbie Championship. In his novice profession he received the whole lot: from the Topolino World Junior Championship (1994), to the European Championship (1995), to the British Newbie (1998).
He turned skilled in 1999 after profitable the title of finest novice on the Augusta Masters, attaining a hcp of +5.4 and a median in official match-play of 32 victories and just one defeat. In his first yr as a professional, he instantly made his mark with a spectacular head-to-head with Tiger Woods on the 1999 PGA Championship, the place he carried out his most well-known shot: an intentional slice from behind a tree with the ball touchdown on the inexperienced and García working and leaping to see the touchdown.
García has at all times been one of many strongest gamers from tee to inexperienced, with a really distinctive swing. He is without doubt one of the cornerstones of the European Ryder Cup crew, during which he has 6 victories (2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2018) in 9 participations and has set the report for the youngest participant within the match (in 1999 version).
