Sergio Garcia - Media Guide

championship of his career at the British Open...In first start of the PGA TOUR season, finished sixth at the Nissan Open, carding four rounds in the 60s...Opened 66-69 and finished T5 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, five strokes behind Vijay Singh. Fifth top-10 in eight starts at the Bay Hill Club...Tied for third at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship, giving him six top-10 finishes in eight career starts in the CA Championship...Birdied four of his final five holes on Sunday to post a 6-under-par 66 and finish second at THE PLAYERS Championship, two strokes behind Phil Mickelson. The 133 total (67-66) over the final 36 holes was one off the tournament record shared by Rocco Mediate and Fred Couples...Held the lead after the first three rounds of the British Open. Made bogey on his 72nd hole at Carnoustie to finish in a tie with Padraig Harrington. Lost in the four-hole aggregate playoff by one stroke (1-over par to Harrington's even par). It was his 13th top-10 in a major, including finishing in the top five in the last three British Opens...Finished ninth at the BMW Championship and moved from 16th to 10th in the FedExCup points standings...Aided by Friday-Saturday rounds of 64-64, finished fourth at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Finished ninth in the FedExCup standings to earn a $550,000 bonus.

Order of Merit, thanks to runner-up finishes in the last two events of the season...Finished seventh at the Mercedes Championships for his third top-10 at Kapalua in four appearances...Shared third-round lead (11-under) with Rod Pampling at Buick Invitational before finishing T8. Final-round 3-over 75 (seven bogeys, four birdies) left him two strokes out of a playoff...Next top-10, a T10, came in March at the Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard...One back entering final round at THE PLAYERS, finished with a 78 to finish T14...Recorded his second consecutive T5 at the British Open and his fifth top-10 in his last six starts at the tournament. It was his fifth top-10 in 10 starts at the British Open...Recorded his best finish of the season, a T3 at the PGA Championship, his fourth top-10 at the PGA and his 13th career top-10 in a major. Posted consecutive top-10s in majors in the same season for the third time in his career (all four in 2002, and T3 and T5 in 2005 U.S. Open and British Open, respectively)...Upped career record at the Ryder Cup to 14-4-2 after European victory.

Merit, thanks to runner-up finishes in the last two events of the season...Upped career record at the Ryder Cup to 14-4-2 after European victory. 2005: On the strength of victories on both the PGA TOUR and the European Tour, finished the season No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Posted two top-10s at majors...Outright leader through 18, 36 and 54 holes at the Wachovia Championship. Lost six-stroke lead in 12 holes. Managed to get the lead back with consecutive birdies, but slipped into a tie when he bogeyed the par-3 17th. His closing even-par 72 was good enough to get in a playoff with Vijay Singh and Jim Furyk. Eliminated on the first extra hole by three-putting from 45 feet, missing a 6-footer for par...Earned sixth career TOUR victory at the Booz Allen Classic, defeating Davis Love III, Adam Scott and Ben Crane by two shots. Opened 71-68-66 and trailed 54-hole leader Tom Kite by two strokes. Final-round 65 included a front-nine 6-under-par 30 that matched the low nine-hole score at Congressional CC...With six victories by age 25, only third person to accomplish that feat since 1970, joining current players Tiger Woods (29 wins) and Phil Mickelson (eight wins)...The next week finished T3 at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2...Finished T5 at the British Open at St. Andrews, his fourth top-10 in last five trips to British Open...Captured his 10th international victory, riding a third-round lead to a one-stroke victory over Sweden's Peter Gustafsson at the Omega European Masters...Posted his eighth top-10, a T3 at the WGC-American Express Championship, one shy of his career TOUR high nine in 2002. 2004: Finished ninth in the Official World Golf Ranking, winning two TOUR events (both in playoffs) and one European Tour event...In sixth Masters appearance, logged a T4 for second career top-10 in Augusta, aided by low final round, a 6-under-par 66, that included a double bogey on the par-3 sixth hole...Collected his third career PGA TOUR title at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship after winning a three-way playoff on the first hole over Dudley Hart and Robert Damron. Became the 13th player to win both the Byron Nelson and the Bank of America Colonial in a career...Won a three-man playoff for the second time in five weeks on the third extra hole at the Buick Classic. Victory over Rory Sabbatini and Padraig Harrington improved his playoff record to 3-1...Playing in his third Ryder Cup, had a 4-0-1 record for the winning European squad...Earned fifth career European Tour victory in Spain at the Mallorca Classic at Pula Golf Club. 2003: Managed two top-10s in 20 starts...Posted a T4 at the Buick Classic, his third straight top-10 at the tournament. 2002: Began year with a victory at the season-opening Mercedes Championship, and top-10 finishes in all four majors, the only player to do so...Posted a 3-2-0 record in Europe's winning Ryder Cup effort...Captured the Canarias Open de Espana on the European Tour, the fourth career European Tour victory for the Spain native and his first professional win in Spain...Birdied the 18th hole on The Plantation Course at the Mercedes Championships to set up playoff with David Toms, then birdied same hole again to earn third PGA TOUR title. Overcame a four-shot deficit with a final round 9-under-par 64, for the best final-round finish at The Plantation Course. The last first-time champion of the event was Tiger Woods in 1997. 2001: Recorded two victories to crack the top 10 in earnings at sixth...Became first player born in 1980s to win on TOUR with a two-stroke victory in the MasterCard Colonial. Starting the final round five off the lead and closed with a 63...Three starts after first win, became one of nine multiple winners on TOUR with a victory in Buick Classic. Tied for lead after 36 holes and led by two after 54. Closed with 67 to win by three. Become youngest player to win $2 million in a season...Lost a four-man playoff to at THE TOUR Championship (Ernie Els, David Toms and winner Mike Weir)...Was a Captain's Choice for European Ryder Cup team...Earned third European title at Trophee Lancome, edging Retief Goosen by one stroke. 2000: A successful sophomore season on TOUR which produced five top-10s and eight top-25s...Played in 16 events during the year, making 14 cuts. 1999: Made the cut in seven of nine starts, finishing among top-10 four times with a runner-up and third-place finish...Nominated for Rookie of the Year honors (qualified by finishing top-125 on non-member money list)...In first PGA TOUR start as a professional and second start as a pro, finished T3 at GTE Byron Nelson Classic. Opening 62 left him one stroke behind Tiger Woods. Finished seven strokes out of Loren Roberts-Steve Pate playoff...Following Memorial payday of $58,650, had $202,650 in TOUR earnings and joined TOUR as special temporary member...Runner-up finish at PGA Championship assured berth on European Ryder Cup Team. First-round 66 gave him the lead at Medinah CC. Was youngest player to lead PGA Championship since tournament went to stroke play in 1958. On Sunday, trailed Tiger Woods by two strokes with three holes to play, and tee shot on 16 came to rest against a root behind large tree, then hit a 6-iron, with eyes closed, safely on green and ran down fairway to watch recovery shot. Finished one stroke behind Woods...Youngest Ryder Cup participant ever at age 19 years, 8 months, 15 days (more than five months younger than Nick Faldo in 1977), where he posted a 3-1-1 overall record...Won first professional event on July 4, 1999 at Murphy's Irish Open in his sixth professional start. Became European Tour's fourth-youngest winner (youngest was South African Dale Hayes, 18, when he won 1971 Spanish Open)...Earned second European Tour title at Linde German Masters on Oct. 3. Sank 15-foot birdie putt on second playoff hole to defeat Padraig Harrington...Joined Jose Maria Olazabal and Miguel Angel Jimenez to capture Spain's first Dunhill Cup title. Amateur: Turned pro on April 21, 1999 after playing in 28 professional events as an amateur...Was first British Amateur champion to finish as low amateur in Masters (1999)...Winner of 19 events as an amateur and also a professional event, the Catalonian Open, at age 17...Made the cut in 12 of 18 European Tour events entered before turning pro...At age 14, made his first cut in a European Tour event, the 1995 Turespana Open Mediterranea. Set a European Tour record as youngest player to make a cut...Won the 1995 European Amateur, the youngest winner of the event.