Sergio García (golfer)
Sergio García | |
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Personnel | |
Nation: | Spain |
Nickname: | El Niño |
Career data | |
Professional since: | 1999 |
Current tour: | PGA TOUR |
Tournament wins: | 35 |
Major wins : | 1 (2017) |
Awards: |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award (1999) Laureus (2000) Vardon Trophy (2008) Byron Nelson Award (2008) |
Sergio García Fernández (nickname: El Niño ) (born January 9, 1980 in Castellón de la Plana ) is a Spanish professional golfer .
career
García was already successful as an amateur. In addition to amateur tournaments, he won a professional tournament in 1997 with the Catalonian Open Championship.
In 1999 he switched to the professional camp with a handicap of +5. In his first year as a professional, he finished second behind Tiger Woods at the US PGA Championship in Medinah. This was followed by victories on the American and European tours.
In 2000 he was awarded the "Sports Oscar" for best newcomer.
He was part of the European Ryder Cup team five times in a row (from 1999 to 2008) and again from 2012 to 2018 . In 2006 Garcia was the most successful player with four wins in five games and only had to admit defeat to Stewart Cink in the final individual match game . He also won the coveted trophy with Europe in 2012, 2014 and 2018 and has been the most successful player ever with a total of 25.5 points since 2018.
In 2017 García won his first major tournament with the Masters Tournament when he prevailed in the jump-off against the Englishman Justin Rose . He is the third Spaniard after his two role models Severiano Ballesteros and José María Olazábal , who was able to triumph in the US Augusta .
In 2018, García achieved his 25.5 with the win against the American Rickie Fowler . Point in the Ryder Cup . So García's Ryder Cup career record was 22-12-7 (wins / losses / draws). With this performance he overtook the previous record holder Sir Nick Faldo , 23-19-4 (wins / losses / draws).
Sergio Garcia is also one of the leading athletes in history on the major tours of professional golf. During his career, he earned 30 million euros on the European Tour (as of September 16, 2019). He is only surpassed by Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy . On the North American PGA Tour, he was in tenth place with almost 50 million dollars in prize money (as of July 20, 2020).
PGA Tour wins (10)
- 2001: MasterCard Colonial, Buick Classic
- 2002: Mercedes Championships
- 2004: EDS Byron Nelson Championship, Buick Classic
- 2005: Booz Allen Classic
- 2008: THE PLAYERS Championship
- 2012: Wyndham Championship
- 2016: AT&T Byron Nelson
- 2017: The Masters Tournament
Victories on the European Tour (16)
- 1999: Murphy's Irish Open , Linde German Masters
- 2001: Lancôme Trophy
- 2002: Canarias Open de España
- 2004: Mallorca Classic
- 2005: Omega European Masters
- 2008: Castelló Masters Costa Azahar
- 2009: HSBC Champions ( took place in November 2008, but belongs to the 2009 season and also to the Asian Tour )
- 2011: Castelló Masters, Andalucía Masters
- 2014: Qatar Masters
- 2017: Dubai Desert Classic , The Masters , Andalucía Valderrama Masters
- 2018: Andalucía Valderrama Masters
- 2019: KLM Open
Other tournament victories (10)
- 1997: Catalonian Open Championship (Spain, as an amateur)
- 2001: Nedbank Golf Challenge (South Africa)
- 2002: Kolon Cup Korean Open ( Asian Tour ), Telus World Skins Game (Canada - unofficial event)
- 2003: Nedbank Golf Challenge (South Africa)
- 2010: Gary Player Invitational (with John Cook )
- 2012: Iskandar Johor Open (Asian Tour)
- 2013: Thailand Golf Championship (Asian Tour)
- 2015: Ho Tram Open (Asian Tour)
- 2018: SMBC Singapore Open (Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour )
Results in major championships
competition | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 LA | T40 | CUT | 8th | T28 | T4 | CUT | 46 | CUT | CUT | T38 | T45 |
US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T46 | T12 | 4th | T35 | T20 | T3 | CUT | CUT | T18 | T10 | T22 |
The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | T29 | CUT | T36 | T9 | T8 | T10 | CUT | T5 | T5 | 2 | T51 | T38 | T14 |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 | T34 | CUT | T10 | CUT | CUT | T23 | T3 | DQ | T2 | CUT | CUT |
competition | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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The Masters | T35 | T12 | T8 | CUT | T17 | T34 | 1 | CUT | CUT |
PGA Championship | T12 | CUT | T61 | T36 | T54 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
US Open | T7 | T38 | T45 | T35 | T18 | T5 | T21 | CUT | T52 |
The Open Championship | T9 | CUT | T21 | T2 | T6 | T5 | T37 | CUT | T67 |
LA = best amateur
DNP = not participated
DQ = disqualified
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement
Yellow background for top 10.
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup (for Europe): 1999, 2002 (winner), 2004 (winner), 2006 (winner), 2008 , 2012 (winner), 2014 (winner), 2016 , 2018 (winner)
- World Cup (for Spain): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009
- Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2000 (winner), 2003
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (for Spain): 1999 (winner)
See also
Web links
- Player profile at the European Tour (English)
- Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
- Player profile , golfpost.de
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheffler, Wolfgang: Augusta: Sergio Garcia wins the Golf Masters for the first time at faz.net, April 10, 2017 (accessed April 10, 2017).
- ↑ Burow, Sebastian: Garcia best player of all time at golf.de, October 23, 2018 (accessed October 23, 2018).
- ^ European Tour - Career Money List. europeantour.com, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
- ^ PGA Tour - Career Money Leaders. pgatour.com, accessed July 21, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | García, Sergio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García Fernández, Sergio (full name); El Nino (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish golfer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Castellón de la Plana , Spain |