It was fun as the two men just traded haymakers coming down the stretch. It came down to sudden death, as Rose and Garcia each missed birdie putts on 18 to end it after sticking shot after shot and putt after putt over the last four holes. On the 18th once again, after Garcia and Rose each had just missed putts to win, it was Sergio finishing strong.
A drive in the fairway and stuck approach while Rose found trouble off the tee gave Garcia all he needed to win his first major, a green jacket at Augusta National.
Jordan Spieth surged on Saturday, and he was in the penultimate group on Sunday with the lead in grasp. The 12th, a treacherous yarder, is the shortest hole at Augusta National, but the Golden Bell — as the lovely spot is called — plays like a monster. The wind gusts alone have wrecked havoc with the scores of some of the best ever to play the game. That doomed what faint hopes Spieth had of winning the thing. Rory Mcllroy also backdoored his way to a top finish.
Abraham Ancer. Daniel Berger. Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Patrick Cantlay. Paul Casey. Cameron Champ. Stewart Cink. Corey Conners. Fred Couples. Jason Day. Bryson DeChambeau. Harris English. Tony Finau. Matthew Fitzpatrick. Tommy Fleetwood. Dylan Frittelli.
Sergio Garcia. Brian Gay. Lanto Griffin. Brian Harman. Tyrrell Hatton. Jim Herman. Max Homa. Billy Horschel. Viktor Hovland. Mackenzie Hughes. Sungjae Im. Dustin Johnson. Zach Johnson. Matt Jones. Si Woo Kim. Kevin Kisner. Brooks Koepka. Jason Kokrak. Matt Kuchar. Martin Laird. Bernhard Langer. Marc Leishman. Joe Long. Sergio arrives at the tournament with the swing well greased but with a lack of confidence in his putting.
Still, he played nine holes yesterday with Rory McIlroy and also practiced the short game. Hours invested in the part of the game that makes the difference in Augusta. Only eleven players finished below par on the first day due to difficult playing conditions with heavy wind blowing all day at Augusta National. The Spanish player's game has been clean and balanced with the result that he was the only player to sign a bogey-free card.
Not even Hoffman did. With these kind of playing conditions it was nearly impossible to hit all the greens and sooner or later everyone fell into the trap of a changing and treacherous wind. However, Sergio managed all challenges with a great short game and some crucial putts to save some pars. Therefore, Sergio can not be blamed for his performance on the greens even though he also missed some good birdie chances, especially on the 16th hole after striking a big 7 iron from the tee.
All in all the balance on the greens has been positive. Sergio, who finished the round with a great putt of about two meters, was very satisfied with his performance at the end of the day. This Friday he comes out to play at It is his the 19th participation at the Masters and the first time in the first position after 36 holes. He will tee off in the last group with Hoffman on Saturday. It was another hard day at Augusta National, again with heavy wind, but Sergio started the round like a straight arrow with three birdies on the first three holes.
But then he had to suffer a setback with his first bogey of the tournament on the 4th hole, followed by a brave fight with the legendary course in Georgia, saving some tough situations, cavrding also a couple more bogeys, but all in all playing a great golf.
He finished with a fantastic birdie on 17 after striking a great shot from the fairway leaving himself with a putt of less than a meter and another great birdie chance at 18 that would have been enough for him to finish as solo leader. But unfortunately the putt of a meter and a half downhill did not want to go in. He will start Sunday with Justin Rose -6 , who has delivered the best score of the day and shares the lead with the Spaniard.
Sergio is the only player of the tournament who has played under par in each of the three rounds.
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