Sergio García (golfer)

Sergio García
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
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
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)

Web links

Commons : Sergio García Fernández - collection of images

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
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

[1] Scheffler, Wolfgang: Augusta: Sergio Garcia wins the Golf Masters for the first time at faz.net, April 10, 2017 (accessed April 10, 2017).

[2] Burow, Sebastian: Garcia best player of all time at golf.de, October 23, 2018 (accessed October 23, 2018).

[3] European Tour - Career Money List. europeantour.com, accessed on July 21, 2020 .

[4] PGA Tour - Career Money Leaders. pgatour.com, accessed July 21, 2020 .