He’s still nursing a back injury courtesy of a bizarre mishap during Masters week, but Dustin Johnson remains the bookies’ favourite for the US Open in June.
While the golf world applauds Sergio Garcia’s breakthrough, here’s a corollary to this result; chiefly, that Justin Rose left Augusta National without the green jacket.
Jordan Spieth departed the Masters for the second straight Sunday having deposited a ball in the water at Augusta National’s 12th hole. Rickie Fowler had to endure that sinking feeling of allowing a golden opportunity to win his first major drown in imperfection.
Just seven feet of smooth-as-felt Augusta National green separated Justin Rose on the 72nd hole of the 81st Masters from being able to seemingly slip his arms into sports’ most famous jacket.
Sergio Garcia of Spain buried the major championship demons that have haunted him for most of his career by beating England’s Justin Rose on the first hole of a playoff on Sunday to win the Masters.
As we approach the 2017 Masters, we put our new formula* to work to determine who are the best current players who haven’t hoisted a trophy at one of golf’s four biggest events.
Long before Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia combined for 19 birdies in a Sunday singles match at the 2016 Ryder Cup, the two faced off in a 2001 episode of Shell’s Wonderful World Of Golf. And when we say they “faced off”, we mean they really did.