Pictured to the right is the 2007 British Open Champion Padraig Harrington. The Irishman Harrington captured his first Grand Slam Major yesterday surviving in a 4 hole playoff against runner-up Sergio Garcia. Congratulations to Padraig, however this post will focus in on Garcia as he once again was unable to seal the deal in yesterday's final round. Sergio Garcia remains in the golfing lexicon as BPNTHWAM, following yesterday's dramatic conclusion at the British Open. It stands for Best... Read Full Story
The Memorial had high hopes of landing all of the top 10 players in the world for the first time until Tiger Woods decided his left knee was not fully recovered from surgery. Since then, the stars have been falling like rain, which is never a good sign at Muirfield Village. Adam Scott opted not to play, citing fatigue. Vijay Singh was still smarting from a rib injury and had to pull out. Steve Stricker withdrew with an elbow injury. Even some of the alternates for the 120-man field decided... Read Full Story
Sergio Garcia has closed the gap to Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings from 11 points last June to less than three. World number one Woods is still out of action as he continues his recovery for reconstructive knee surgery, but during his time on the sidelines Garcia has made a determined bid to take over his top ranking. The Spaniard overtook Phil Mickelson to become number two at the start of the season and his continued fine form now has him training his sights on Woods. After... Read Full Story
Sergio Garcia is confident his victory at the Players Championship will help him break through at this week’s U.S. Open and shed the tag as the best current player who has not won a major title. “I guess winning the Players (is) something huge and that gives you a lot of confidence, winning on a tough golf course and probably the deepest field in golf we play all year,” the Spaniard told reporters on Tuesday. “It was a great victory.” World number seven Garcia, 28, came tantalizingly close... Read Full Story
Sergio Garcia became the first European winner of The Players Championship since Sandy Lyle 21 years earlier when he overcame Paul Goydos at the first extra hole, the famous 17th at TPC Sawgrass. The pair tied on 5-under-par totals of 283 after Garcia parred the 72nd hole while Goydos, in the final group, made bogey there. Garcia jumps 8 places in the Official World Golf Ranking to 10th while Goydos moves up to world number 59. Hennie Otto from South Africa won for the first time on the... Read Full Story
Last week, before The Deutsche Bank Championship, Sergio Garcia was ranked #71 and we all know what that means... He had to make something happen at TPC Boston to not miss the cut and play at The BMW Championship at the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Illinois. Only the top 70 in FedEx Cup points can advance to the third round of playoffs and Sergio made it happen. His 26th place finish in Read Full Story
