Sunday, October 27, 2013

Sergio woes at the CIMB

Sergio finished T-11 at the PGA Tour's CIMB Classic in Malaysia. This is the third PGA stop this year, and the first tournament for Garcia.

Sergio has had a very good 2013, making all 17 cuts in the 2013 season, and is now one for one in 2014. Sergio, who is a very talked about player, had some struggles off the field in 2013, but that seemed to have no affect on his play.

At this weeks stop, Sergio had put himself in contention after the first couple rounds, and was four back going into Sunday. Sergio struggled the final round, shooting even par,72, and dropping to six back. After the first round of 66, Sergio finished the tournament 71-71-72 and fell down the leaderboard. Though a tough finish for Garcia, this was good finish for him as he tries to get back to where he once was.

Winner, Ryan Moore, defeated fellow American Gary Woodland in a playoff Monday with a birdie on the first playoff hole. This is one of Ryan Moore's few wins on the tour, and it is always good to see him finish well. After a great amateur career, Moore struggled with injuries, and is slowly getting back to where he once was in the game of golf. Like Sergio, he is slowly rebuilding and is starting to reach the top of the game.

Sergio, one of my favorite in the game of golf, has had an up and down last few years. With a very good 2008 season, winning The Players, but had poor '09 and '10 seasons. With many good looks in majors, maybe 2014 is finally the year. It would be great to see Garcia win one next year, just to prove all of the people that say he will never win one wrong. He is really coming on strong, and his chances keep getting better to finally win one.

With a bunched leaderboard, and an exciting finish the 2013 (2014 season) CIMB Classic was a success for one of the new tournaments. This tournament also attracted many of the games best, and is looking to be a popular stop in the years to come.

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