Sergio García leads, together with the American Talor Gooch, the LIV Golf Singapore that takes place at the Sentosa Golf Club with an accumulated 129 strokes, thirteen below par for the course, after the second round.
Sergio Garcia, results
García, who finished the first day in the upper part by signing a card of -6 (64), continued his good feelings in the next one with seven ‘birdies’, three of them consecutive between holes 6 and 8.
He also added others in 4, 12, 15 and 16. For his part, Gooch, first in the standings the day before by hitting one shot less than the Spaniard, was in a position to maintain his leading status for a large part of the tour.
However, he was penalized with a bogey at 14, correcting course in the final stretch with two of his seven ‘birdies’ on the closing holes. Third, with -12, is his compatriot Bruce Koepka. For their part, the Chileans Mito Pereira and Joaquín Niemann finished in the accumulated of the first two games with -9 and -6 respectively; the Mexicans Carlos Ortiz and Abraham Ancer with -5 and +2 and the Spaniards David Puig and Eugenio López-Chacarra with -3 and -2.
Sergio García Fernández (Borriol, Castellón, Spain, January 9, 1980) is a Spanish golfer. Nicknamed “El Niño” for being a precocious talent, Sergio competes on the LIV Tour. He has been number 2 in the world rankings for 18 weeks, 17 weeks number 3, 118 weeks in the top five and 353 weeks in the top ten.
He was fourth on the 2008 PGA Tour money list and sixth in 2001, as well as third on the 1999 European Tour, fourth in 2017, and sixth in 2002 and 2005. García has achieved a Major, the 2017 Augusta Masters,2 in addition to eleven victories on the PGA Tour, including the 2008 The Players Championship, the 2004 Byron Nelson Championship, the 2004 Westchester Classic and the Booz Allen Classic of 2005.
Meanwhile, he achieved 16 victories on the European Tour, highlighting the WGC-HSBC Champions of 2009, the Andalucía Masters of 20113 and the Dubai Desert Classic of 2017. On the other hand, García has played nine editions of the Ryder Cup with the European team.
He has a record of 22 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, and has contributed to the triumph of the European team in the years 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2018. In the 2018 Ryder, played at Le Golf National, in Paris, Sergio García became the player with the most points won in the competition, with 25.5 points, surpassing Nick Faldo, who held the record, by 0.5 points. since 1997.
