Sergio García, already 45 years of the golfer who, due to his precocity, was known as ‘El Niño’, raised another trophy in his career to Hong Kong. The data stress that it was the thirtieth fifth remarkable and international title of his career, an overwhelming number. Among the players who have reached the 21st century with successes, only Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Rory Mcilroy and Vijay Singh came to more.
Next month will celebrate another resounding number. Despite the difficulties that LIV Golf players have to reach the greats, the 100th Major of his career will play, a number to which only a dozen golfers have reached in history, headed by Jack Nicklaus (164 appearances). That has been a stigma in his career. Not only does a superb record complete, so it is very extensive.
An athlete physicist, cultivated from a young age for his passion for all activity – is a notable footballer and a good tennis player – what he has avoided the injuries has allowed him to play 26 seasons continuously on a professional level, who found the first victory in July 1999, two months after having made the jump, when he won the Ireland Open.
Sergio García, this week in Hong Kong
That margin of more than a quarter of a century among victories, also places it in a privileged group. Tiger has had a fork of 24 years of successes, two less than Sergio; Mickelson, the one with 31, one more than Sam Snead; Seve Ballesteros reached the hundred.
Among the figures that García wants to continue increasing this season is to extend his record of points added in the Ryder Cup: 28.5. To do this, he paid a millionaire fine to European Tour, who had sanctioned him as the rest of the LIV players for attending to this circuit and not his during the seasons in which both circuits have lived together.