(McIlroy would shoot the same.) “I felt like I fought hard that last two days after a bad start (40 on his first nine), and it’s a shame, because today, even without playing unbelievable, I felt I could have shot 3, 4 under par and that would have been really, really good”.
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Sergio Garcia’s great season got even better during the first round of the Players Championship on Thursday.
I cried. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the rental house in Augusta. “But I’m in a good spot for tomorrow, I’ll come out tomorrow and see if I can shoot a number”.
May 12 ― A hole-in-one at the famous 17th hole lifted the mood of Masters champion Sergio Garcia on an otherwise frustrating day for the Spaniard in the first round at the Players Championship yesterday.
When the 28-year-old dropped a shot at the first hole, with new equipment in hand, amid Thursday’s most testing conditions and following the inevitable down time as associated with his recent marriage, the narrative seemed set.
Sergio Garcia, of Spain watches his tee shot on the 10th hole during a practice round for The Players Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
He sat at two-under par after round one, in a tie for 18th with Australia’s defending champion Jason Day, who also made a solid start. “We’ll see. I wish I could tell you I’m ready to win, but I really don’t know”.
“I hit a good shot”.
“I said it throughout my whole career, the only thing I could do was keep putting myself in that situation and wait for the right time to get it”. “But yeah, that was very unique and something that, with many things that happened at Augusta and everything, that I will never forget”.
“Of course I’m right-handed at golf, although I’ve played with left-handed clubs quite a few times, usually to give my dad a chance!”
Garcia added that he “needed” the ace there, given his poor start in the first round of the tournament.
Low scores have been hard to find so far this week, but Mickelson thinks they are out there, especially early in the day.
Since the inception of the Players Championship in 1974 no player has successfully defended the title, with only six managing to win the prestigious event a couple of times.
Despite dropping four shots in his final two holes, Scott is still only three shots adrift of joint leaders Willie McGirt (USA) and Mackenzie Hughes (Canada).
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With his mind racing, one of the world’s premier bunker players blasted out to 45 feet. And he continued to be a very sore loser, ” in the aftermath of their battles a decade ago at the 2007 Open and 2008 PGA Championship – both Harrington victories. “To be there as Masters champion, it’s going to be extra special”.
