Fireballs GC captain Sergio Garcia secured the coveted LIV Golf Open Championship exemption with a gritty 2-under-par 70 on Sunday, edging out a handful of opponents together with his Fireballs GC teammate David Puig.
Though Garcia didn’t earn any factors in Dallas, ending tied for twenty fifth at 3 over, he was the highest-placed LIV Golf participant inside the highest 5 by means of the season’s first 9 occasions with out an exemption.
Garcia is fifth within the season-long Particular person Championship factors race behind Joaquin Niemann, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Dallas winner Patrick Reed, every of whom have already got an exemption into the Open.
Garcia will make his twenty sixth Open look and 102nd main championship begin at Royal Portrush subsequent month.
“It should be my second time taking part in at Royal Portrush, and it is clearly good,” Garcia stated. “It is one of many targets that you’ve initially of the yr, to attempt to play as many majors as you possibly can with the constraints that we have now.
“I did not assist myself very a lot the final three months, however I am glad that I acquired sufficient work completed within the first third of the yr, I suppose, within the first a part of the season. I am enthusiastic about it, and hopefully I will play nicely.”
This piece is courtesy of and in partnership with LIV Golf.
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