Sergio García
| Sergio García | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
García in May 2008
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Sergio García Fernández |
| Nickname | El Niño |
| Born |
9 January 1980 Borriol, Castellón, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 Spain
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| Residence | Borriol, Castellón, Spain Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour (joined 1999) PGA Tour (joined 1999) |
| Professional wins | 30 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 9 |
| European Tour | 12 |
| Asian Tour | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T4: 2004 |
| U.S. Open | T3: 2005 |
| The Open Championship | 2nd/T2: 2007, 2014 |
| PGA Championship | 2nd/T2: 1999, 2008 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
1999 |
| Vardon Trophy | 2008 |
| Byron Nelson Award | 2008 |
Sergio García Fernández (born 9 January 1980) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won over 20 international tournaments, including The Players Championship in 2008.
García has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (over 300 weeks between 2000 and 2009). He reached a career high ranking of 2nd after winning the HSBC Champions tournament in November 2008, and has achieved post-tax career earnings of more than $28 million. As a player, he is particularly noted for his strong iron play and accuracy. To date he has not won any of golf's major championships, despite a number of near misses. He has finished a runner-up on four occasions, twice at The Open Championship and twice at the PGA Championship, with a further six top five finishes without breaking through. Garcia has career earnings on the PGA Tour of over $43 million, highest of those without a major championship win.
García began playing golf at the age of three and was taught by his father, Victor, who is a club professional in Madrid, Spain. He was a star player as a junior, winning his club championship at age 12. Four years later, he set a record as the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event, the 1995 Turespaña Open Mediterranea. This record was broken by amateur Jason Hak in November 2008 at the UBS Hong Kong Open, beating García's record by 107 days. In 1995, García became the youngest player to win the European Amateur. He followed that with a win in the Boys Amateur Championship in 1997. He won a professional tournament, the 1997 Catalonian Open, on the European Challenge Tour, as an amateur. In 1998 he won The Amateur Championship, and reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur.
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