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Hilton Head, SC … Victorious Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love 111 revealed he was all prepared to personally congratulate Sergio Garcia on the 18th green but instead reluctantly let slip being among the first to greet the new Masters Champion. Love 111 was a guest last week of Augusta National and while thrilled to see the Spaniard capture a first Major, the Hazeltine leading hero chose to leave the course soon after Garcia dropped shots at 10 and 11. “I am thrilled for Sergio and I kept saying ...

Hilton Head, SC … In winning last year’s RBC Heritage Branden Grace was making a point that the South African wants to be seen as a worldwide player. Grace may have been a stranger to his USA fans but the then 26-year old had won ten times around the globe before winning at Hilton Head. He had tasted success five times on his home Sunshine Tour and on six occasions on the European Tour including successfully defending his Commercial Bank Qatar Masters crown in the months before travelling ...

Hilton Head, SC … Fellow Masters winners Danny Willett and Vijay Singh have joined other Major Champions in singling out new Masters Champion Sergio Garcia for very special praise. It was Willett who fitted Garcia with the Augusta National members green jacket and with everyone looking on clearly delighted in how the European pair interacted on the presentation green. “Last week was a great week and as for the two guys fighting it out on Sunday, it could not have been a better week,” ...

Hilton Head, SC … New Masters Champion Sergio Garcia has looked back 18 years not to the events at Augusta National but to Druids Glen when he claimed the first of now 31 pro career victories. While the golf world warms to Garcia finally capturing a first Major it was on 4th July, 1999 he won a first pro title with victory in the Murphy’s Irish Open. Garcia, then aged 19, became the fourth youngest winner in the history of the European Tour in coming two shots behind future Masters Champion ...

Hilton Head, SC … It had only been two days since Sergio Garcia was fitted with a Masters green jacket and he’s already got one eye on next year’s Champions Dinner at the 2018 Masters. Finally, after 74 Major appearances Garcia gets to host a champions dinner and while he still has 12 months to work on the menu, he revealed is already in the planning stages. “It’s definitely going to be a typical Spanish dish,” he said. “It’s going to be delicious, ...

Hilton Head, SC … New Masters champion Sergio Garcia has ended a whirlwind 23-hour media visit to the Big Apple – New York City. Garcia touched down at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey near lunch on Monday and left just after lunch today – Tuesday. All up, the 2017 winner at Augusta National was interviewed on some 14 different occasions starting with CNBC and ending in being interviewed by the PGA Radio network. It’s been a journey to New York that has long been on list of ...

Augusta, GA … Sergio Garcia has an Augusta green jacket life while Rory McIlroy cannot find a new golf ball quick enough. For a fourth Masters in succession McIlroy turned his back on Augusta National being left short-changed in finishing inside the top-10. That’s more top-10s than the three Garcia had in a 15-year period up until Sunday’s maiden Major triumh. Next year will mark the 10th anniversary of McIlroys maiden Masters showing and it will also be ‘Take Four’ in his attempt ...