Spotless golf, some hawk like hole outs and a string of birdies helped Jordan Spieth and Sergio Garcia score 63s on Thursday. Anirban Lahiri ended the day with a birdie as he worked his way back from a bout of coronavirus.
The WGC Match Play saw some high voltage knockout action on Friday. Sergio Garcia produced the high point with a walk off ace on the fourth hole of sudden death playoff
Sergio Garcia endured a patchy 69 in the final round to edge past Nicolai Hojgaard at 18-under 270. Shubhankar Sharma finished in T40 (283) and Gaganjeet Bhullar in T60 (287)
A record 65 golfers made the Masters cut at _3 but several marquee names fell on the wrong side - Justin Rose slipped out after making bogeys at 17 & 18. Sergio Garcia also dropped a stroke at the 18th hole.
Sergio Garcia disqualified from the Saudi International for misconduct on the greens. He is learnt to have damaged five greens, even though word is awaited from the official channels about the nature and extent of his misconduct
Sergio Garcia writes about fatherhood, unconditional love, creating history and turning things around before heading for this week's Nedbank Golf Challenge.