Borges: Masters winner Sergio Garcia no…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — It didn’t come easy because nothing ever has at Augusta National for Sergio Garcia, but it came at last yesterday evening on the 73rd hole of the 81st Masters. Redemption. Resurrection. Victory over himself more than over a foe.Since he first burst onto the golf world as a bounding, infectious 19-year-old leaping like a fawn and sprinting down the fairway trying to run down a Tiger named Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship, García always has come up just short. Short of other peoples’ expectations. Short of his own expectations. Short of the long shadow of his boyhood idols in Spain, Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, who both won green jackets multiple times and encouraged him…
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Masters 2017: Sergio Garcia finally breaks…

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Sergio Garcia had played 73 previous majors and seven-eighths of this one, and people were laughing at him. This was on the 11th hole at Augusta National Sunday. Garcia was unraveling. He had bogeyed the 10th to fall out of the lead. He pulled his drive on 11 into the pine straw. He addressed his ball, walked into the fairway to get another look at the green, then walked back and addressed the ball again… and then stepped back again. The laughter at Amen Corner was immediate and cutting: There goes Sergio again. Scared. Can’t handle the pressure. He might as well just throw the ball in Rae’s Creek. Garcia hit a nice recovery, bringing a roar…
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Masters is the good, the bad…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — No golfer wears the misery of his game’s constant disappointments on his face more clearly than Sergio Garcia. Every gray whisker in his stubble stands for a day he wishes he could forget but can never let go of. That beard will never regain its youthful color, but the expression on the face behind it is forever changed. On Sunday, in his 74th attempt to win a major golf title, Garcia won the Masters. That trip to a contented expression has taken nearly two decades. At first, many years ago, Garcia suffered from bad bounces and spike marks in his putting line, just like all of us. But with time, he came to distrust sparrows that had…
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Tour Confidential: At last, Sergio Garcia’s…

Every Sunday night, GOLF.com conducts an e-mail roundtable with writers from Sports Illustrated and GOLF Magazine. Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors and join the conversation by tweeting us @golf_com. 1. In what amounted to a duel that had all the elements of match play, Sergio Garcia won the 81st Masters by outlasting Justin Rose with a birdie on the first hole of sudden death. Rose led by two with five to play, but Garcia chased him down and it was a wild ride from there. What’s your biggest takeaway? And did Garcia win it? Or dare we suggest that Rose lost it? Shane Bacon, golf analyst, Fox Sports (@shanebacon): I think the…
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A little magic, a lot of…

AUGUSTA, Ga. – There they went – the demons and the ghosts and the goblins, all exorcised during a victory celebration he never anticipated at a course he never could have imagined. Sergio Garcia crouched, shook his fists and unleashed a primal scream – “YESSSSS!!!” – that’s been building for 19 years. The only line missing from his otherwise stellar résumé was a major title, and now it’s his, all his, after a wild Sunday at the 81st Masters that perfectly embodied his schizophrenic career. Three ahead. Tied. Two down. Tied. And then, finally, after curling in his 10-foot birdie putt, Garcia was one ahead when it mattered most, defeating Justin Rose on the first playoff hole in an instant…
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Masters 2017: Sergio García Finally Wins…

García’s tortured history in majors would not repeat itself. After García and Justin Rose signed for their closing three-under-par 69s to finish 72 holes at nine under, García found the fairway with his drive on the first extra hole, the par-4 18th. Continue reading the main story García’s second shot came to rest 12 feet from the pin, a result that elicited a thumbs up from Rose, who had missed the fairway with his drive and failed to find the green in two shots.Rose, 36, hung back to give García the stage, and to allow him to bask in the patrons’ applause. After Rose tapped in for bogey, the spotlight belonged to García, who rammed in his birdie attempt. He…
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2017 Masters — Sergio Garcia takes…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sergio Garcia finally showed he has what it takes to win a major, and he has a green jacket to prove it.Needing his best golf on just about every shot in the final hour at the Masters, Garcia overcame a two-shot deficit with six holes to play and beat Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff Sunday for his first major after nearly two decades of heartache.No one ever played more majors as a pro — 70 — before winning one for the first time.Garcia got rid of the demons and the doubts with two big moments on the par 5s — one a par, the other an eagle — in closing with a 3-under 69. It was…
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Finally! Sergio Garcia’s major Masters moment…

FOXSports.comFinally! Sergio Garcia’s major Masters moment was worth the (very long) waitFOXSports.comOnly one other name was atop the leaderboard down the stretch Sunday at the Masters, but Sergio Garcia had far more to overcome than the formidable U.S. Open champion Justin Rose. The 37-year-old Spaniard was also battling 18 years of golfing demons …Sergio Garcia finally rises to the occasion at Masters to win first majorUSA TODAYall 674 news articles »
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Sergio Garcia wins the Masters, ends…

FOXSports.comSergio Garcia wins the Masters, ends drought at the majors (Apr 9, 2017)FOXSports.comAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Sergio Garcia finally showed he has what it takes to win a major, and he has a green jacket to prove it. Needing his best golf on just about every shot in the final hour at the Masters, Garcia overcame a two-shot deficit with six …Inspired by greats, William McGirt embraces first Masters startESPNSergio Garcia’s long, tortured relationship with the Masters could still include a winGolfDigest.comCharley Hoffman birdies No. 2 and goes to eight under par, leads by fourLos Angeles TimesThe Boston Globe -New York Daily News -New York Post -WJXT Jacksonvilleall 4,563 news articles »
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Sergio Garcia Outduels Justin Rose in…

Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesRob GoldbergFeatured ColumnistApril 9, 2017Sergio Garcia has finally won his first major title after taking home the 2017 Masters championship on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club.The Spanish star was tied with Justin Rose after 72 holes at nine strokes under par, forcing a sudden-death playoff. After Rose bogeyed the 19th hole of the day, Garcia birdied to end what had become a trend of disappointments in golf’s biggest events.PGA Tour shared video of the final putt:Justin Ray of Golf Channel noted why this was a long time coming:Justin Ray @JustinRayGCSergio Garcia: most career top-10s in majors all-time at time of 1st major victory (22)4/9/2017, 11:30:29 PMCharl Schwartzel finished strong to put himself alone in third place at…
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