Ehe Spaniard Sergio García leaves the ‘top 100’ of the world golf ranking, in which he had been 23 years and 21 weeks, since I entered on July 4, 1999, on an unchanged top ten list. The departure of ‘El Niño’, who will be 43 years old on January 9, is produced by the absence of points obtained since he joined the LIV Tour.
Sergio García became number 2 in the world ranking for 18 weeks, 17 weeks number 3, it spent 118 weeks in the top five and 353 weeks in the top ten.
The one of Borriol (Castelln) they won a Major, the Augusta Master in 2017,in addition to 11 victories on the PGA Tour and 16 victories on the European Tour. He has also played the Ryder Cup 9 times with the European team winning it in the 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2018 editions.
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 by 0.5 points the British Nick Faldo, who had held the record since 1997.
As far as the current ranking is concerned, there are no changes to the top-10. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy remains in the lead with American Scottie Scheffler in second, Australian Cameron Smith in third, American Patrick Cantlay in fourth and the Spanish Jon Rahm in fifth. Adri Arnaus is the second Spaniard on the table in 82nd place with Pablo Larrazbal in 83 and Adrin Otaegui in 95.
