The Spanish Sergio García is among the three golfers who closed this Friday as chief of the LIV event in Miami, after the primary day through which his compatriot Jon Rahm completed two pictures behind the most effective. García received a -5 (67 strokes with 5 birdies with out bogeys).

With -5, People Peter Uihlein and Talor Gooch are additionally on the prime.

Sergio Garcia, outcomes

Two strokes away and -3 seems Rahm, who had a debut in Miami with slightly of every thing: 4 birdies, an eagle, a bogey and a double bogey.

The Basque will face the Augusta Masters subsequent week, through which he defends the inexperienced jacket that he received in 2023. The opposite two Spaniards on this event, Eugenio Chacarra and David Puig, concluded their first day with a +1 and a +3, respectively.

As well as, the Chilean Mito Pereira was among the many finest with a -3, the Chilean Joaquín Niemann received a -1, the Mexican Abraham Ancer achieved a +1, the Colombian Sebastián Muñoz had a +2 and the Mexican Carlos Ortiz completed equally this primary spherical with a +2.

He started taking part in golf on the age of three on the “Membership de Campo del Mediterráneo”, the place his father Victor was a trainer. At 12 he was already champion of his membership, 4 years later he turned the youngest participant to make the lower in a European Tour occasion, within the 1995 Turespaña Open Mediterranea.

This file was damaged by beginner Jason Hark within the UBS Hong Kong Open . In the identical yr Garcìa turned the youngest participant to win the European Beginner Championship. In his beginner profession he received every thing: from the Topolino World Junior Championship (1994), to the European Championship (1995), to the British Beginner (1998).

He turned skilled in 1999 after successful the title of finest beginner on the Augusta Masters, reaching a hcp of +5.4 and a mean in official match-play of 32 victories and just one defeat. In his first yr as a professional, he instantly made his mark with a spectacular head-to-head with Tiger Woods on the 1999 PGA Championship, the place he carried out his most well-known shot: an intentional slice from behind a tree with the ball touchdown on the inexperienced and García working and leaping to see the touchdown.

García has at all times been one of many strongest gamers from tee to inexperienced, with a really distinctive swing. He is among the cornerstones of the European Ryder Cup group, through which he has 6 victories (2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2018) in 9 participations and has set the file for the youngest participant within the event (in 1999 version).