Sergio Garcia of Spain was among the many veteran gamers who didn’t qualify for The Open Championship, developing simply two strokes shy in his ultimate qualifier on Tuesday.
It marks the second consecutive yr the 44-year-old member of LIV Golf won’t play within the historic main.
“I come right here and I strive my hardest to get into The Open,” Garcia stated after his day was finished. “It might be good to make The Open my a hundredth main, however it was powerful circumstances and generally issues do not go your manner. … I attempted the whole lot that I might and that is all I can ask myself for.”
Garcia shot 71 and 70 over two rounds at Liverpool’s West Lancashire Golf Membership, considered one of 4 websites internet hosting ultimate qualifying Tuesday. That gave him a rating of three underneath par, however he settled for a tie for sixth and was not amongst West Lancashire’s 4 qualifiers.
Novice Matthew Dodd-Berry and Sam Horsfield, each of England, shot 6 underneath. Daniel Brown of England and Masahiro Kawamura of Japan completed 5 underneath.
Garcia additionally was caught in a social media video complaining to R&A guidelines officers after being placed on the clock for gradual play.
“It is OK, don’t fret. You are at all times proper, we’re unsuitable,” Garcia will be heard saying.
He later informed reporters that the gamers have been slowed down by followers on the property.
“The marshals have been making an attempt to do the perfect job they may do, however clearly, we needed to cease just about on each tee for 2 to a few minutes to hit our tee photographs as a result of folks have been strolling in entrance of the tee and on the green,” Garcia stated.
“Except we wished to begin hitting folks, we could not hit. I do not suppose they took that into consideration, and that was unlucky. It made us rush.”
Garcia has by no means gained The Open. He got here closest when he misplaced to Eire’s Padraig Harrington in a playoff in 2007; he later tied for second in 2014. Garcia’s lone main win was the 2017 Masters.
Different notable gamers making an attempt to qualify Tuesday embrace veteran Englishman Justin Rose and LIV golfers Anirban Lahiri of India and Abraham Ancer of Mexico. Rose, Lahiri and Ancer have been competing at Burnham & Berrow in Somerset, and there was a risk that each one three would qualify because the second spherical concluded Tuesday night.
–Area Degree Media