Sergio García has left the top 100 of the world golf ranking, which he had been in for 23 years and 21 weeks since he entered on July 4, 1999., on an unchanged top ten list. The departure of “El Niño”, which will be 43 years old on January 9, is produced by the absence of points obtained since signing for the LIV Tour.
Sergio García became number 2 in the world ranking for 18 weeks17 weeks at number 3, spent 118 weeks in the top five and 353 weeks in the top ten.
The one from Borriol (Castellón) won a Major, the Master of Augusta in 2017in addition to eleven victories on the PGA Tour and 16 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, surpassing the British Nick Faldo, who held the record, by 0’5 points. since 1997.
As far as the current standings are concerned, there is no change in 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 Spanish Jon Rahm in the fifth.
Adri Arnaus is the second Spaniard on the table in 82nd place with Pablo Larrazábal in 83 and Adrián Otaegui in 95.
Caroline Hedwall wins the Andalucía Costa del Sol Spanish Open
the swedish Caroline Hedwall it was proclaimed champion of the Andalusia Costa del Sol Open of Spain 2022a tournament that closed the season on the European Women’s Circuit. The amateur Cayetana Fernández was the best Spanish in Benahavís with fifth place.
The spotlights went through the Swedish duel for the Race to Costa del Sol led by Lynn Grant and Maja Stark, for the competitive eagerness of the Spanish Cayetana Fernández, Carlota Ciganda and Carla Tejedo and, in the end, led to the victory of the player Nordic, Caroline Hedwall, who beat the Swedish Morgane Metraux in the tiebreaker after both added 274 strokes (-18).
Before that finish, the winner of the Race to Costa del Sol, Linn Grant, rounded off a great round of 66 strokes (-8) for a total of 275 (-17) with which she forced her compatriot and the Swiss, who came from behind, to make at least one more birdie than her. Both made it, so they found themselves in an exciting playoff that required four holes to find the winner.