Sergio garcia reached hole 18 of the Country Club of Jackson with the need to birdie to win the Sanderson Farms Championship. Peter Malnati He was waiting nervously halfway between the driving range and the green of that last hole, waiting for events. He had left a solid -18 at the clubhouse, so solid that only Sergio of the 21 players who came out behind him came up with any real options to either beat him or tie him at the finish line.
CHRONICLE: Sergio opens his eyes
The 18th hole was the second hardest yesterday in Jackson. When Sergio stood on that tee, he had only made five birdies, the lowest figure on the field, and had seen 13 bogeys, the fourth in this gloomy ranking. The definitive data that explains the genius of Sergio García is that the average distance to the flag, strategically placed on the right side of the green, close to the bunker, was just over twelve meters. The one of Borriol left her at 79 centimeters. And the only one who was really playing the tournament in that shot was him.
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Sergio’s strike, with the 8 iron, just over 150 meters from the hole, was much more involved than it might appear on television. A not very difficult shot for this level of players would have been to look to the left side of the flag, where there was a lot of space, and leave the ball at a distance of between six and three meters. But Garcia went straight to the rag, bringing the bunker on the right into play. If the blow had been opened a little more than necessary it could have ended in the sand and would have jeopardized even the tiebreaker, since the recovery from that area was not easy.
A triumph with a special dedication to his uncles Paco and Ángel
All of this boiled in Sergio’s head. I was in a unique moment in which you have to make a unique decision. I shoot to the center of the green and, at least, I ensure the tiebreaker by giving me an option to make a good birdie putt, or I go with everything, I look for the final shot to win the tournament and I can take the reward or end in disaster … out of the playoff.
The bag of clubs with which Sergio won the Sanderson Farms, in detail
We do not reveal anything if we remember that Sergio García is a golfer with an outright instinct demonstrated throughout his career. He was playing well and made the decision to go for the flag. He needed maximum precision in a moment of maximum pressure. And it did. He landed a spectacular shot and put the ball 79 centimeters away. Magical. Nobody left her closer than him yesterday in the 18th. And nobody hit that shot by playing the tournament. Much credit.
Sergio García’s supernatural streak that began 10 years ago
By the way, we started by saying that hole 8 was the second most difficult of the day, well, do you know which was the most difficult? Hole 7. And do you know who birdied that hole too…? Right.
