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Sergio Garcia (ESP)

Birthdate:January 09, 1980

Birthplace:Castellon, Spain

Age:28

Height:5-11

Weight:160

Home:Borriol, Spain

Turned Professional:1999

U.S. OPEN 2008 SCORES

POSITION: T18STATUS: +6HOLE: F

ROUND:	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
SCORES:	76	70	70	74	290

U.S. OPEN HISTORY

First U.S. Open:2000 (Pebble Beach)
U.S. Open Plays:8
Best Round:R2/R3-68 (2001 Southern Hills); R1-68 (2002 Bethpage); R2-68 (2004 Shinnecock Hills)
Best Finish:T3 (2005 Pinehurst)
Money:$797,406
Exemption Codes:6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17

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PERSONAL NOTES & STAT HISTORY

PERSONAL NOTES

Father, Victor, is a golf professional at the Mediterraneo Club de Golf ini Borriol, Spain, where Sergio became club champion at 12

Earned nickname "El Nino" for his early success as teenager

Won 1998 British Amateur and was semifinalist at '98 U.S. Amateur

Earned low-amateur honors at 1999 Masters, his last event as an amateur

Made European Tour as amateur at age 15 (Turespana Open Mediterranea) and played first major at 16 (1996 British Open)

Won Spanish PGA Tour event as 17-year-old amateur (1997 Catalonian Open)

Won 1995 European Amateur at 15

Member of 1999, 2002, '04 and '06 European Ryder Cup teams

STATISTICS

PGA TOUR
DATE TOURNAMENT NAME POS ROUNDS TOTAL
SCORE TO
PAR OFFICIAL
MONEY
1 2 3 4 5
2/17/08 Northern Trust Open T46 74 71 69 72 -- 286 +2 $16,120
2/24/08 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship T17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- $90,000
3/02/08 The Honda Classic T43 73 69 70 73 -- 285 +5 $17,637
3/16/08 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard T31 70 66 73 71 -- 280 E $31,513
3/23/08 World Golf Championships-CA Championship T15 69 73 69 68 -- 279 -9 $86,700
4/13/08 Masters Tournament CUT 76 72 -- -- -- 148 +4 --
4/27/08 EDS Byron Nelson Championship T19 71 70 65 75 -- 281 +1 $69,600
5/04/08 Wachovia Championship T34 71 72 74 70 -- 287 -1 $32,320
5/11/08 THE PLAYERS Championship P1 66 73 73 71 -- 283 -5 $1,710,000
6/01/08 the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley 45 72 77 75 70 -- 294 +6 $19,800
6/8/08 Stanford St. Jude Championship T4 68 72 71 66 -- 277 -3 $236,250
Bold = scores par or better * = Unofficial Event
Events
Played Finish FedExCup
1st 2nd 3rd TOP 10 TOP 25 Made Cut Cut WD Money Points Standing
11 1 -- -- 2 5 10 1 -- $2,309,940 7,375 15th

European Tour Results

Tournament	Pos	Prize Money	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Par
HSBC Champions	46T	$26,437	73	72	76	74	295	+7
Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy	7T	$59,255	69	75	67	67	278	-10
Dubai Desert Classic	19T	$30,621	68	71	70	74	283	-5