LIV Golf Andalucia couldn’t have had a better ending after Castellon’s Sergio García and his team, the ‘Fireballs’, became two-time champions of the tournament. After getting it even in the extra holes. Not even the best scripts could end the tournament with a Spanish double in Valderrama.
In individual tournaments, Indian Anirbal Lahiri reached the 18th hole with a one-stroke lead after Sergio Garcia made his only bogey of the day. At the worst moment.
The Crushers player had it all, and he played the hole flawlessly and reached the green with everything going in his favourand was crowned champion and his team, with a putt of only half a metre.
Lahiri’s worst nightmare
But the pressure got to him at the crucial moment of the tournament and he missed the putt, giving Sergio Garcia a lifeline. With which the playoffs were about to be played. At the same time, the Crushers lost their team advantage and the ‘Fireballs’ also went into overtime. For the first time in LIV Golf history, both the individual and team tournaments went to tiebreakers. What a great moment for Valderrama!
Lahiri won on the last hole and ruined it with a two-foot putt / EFE
In the tiebreaker, Sergio and Lahiri were tied on the first hole and going into the second, While his partner, David Puig and Abraham Ensor worked and defeated Paul Casey and Bryson DeChambeau to give the team the win.
Sergio Garcia: ‘I don’t know if I’m the ‘fucking king’ of Valderrama, but I’m pretty close’It was now Sergio’s turn to make a superb putt on the 18th while Lahiri joined in on the right side of the fairway and couldn’t recover.. The Castellon player concluded the match and the victory 1,380 days after his last triumph.
Victory 37 and special for Sergio
Victory number 37 comes in the Castellon golfer’s career, his fourth on this favourite course for the player from Borriol.And the first course at LIV Golf that I’d always dreamed of owning.
Sergio and Rahm played together, although the one who shone was the man from Castellon / EFE
A victory that makes the golfer from Castellon proud, who continues to bring joy to Spanish golf, although now in the shadow of Jon Rahm. He will not be able to attend the Open Championship next week, but there is sure to be more to come for the 44-year-old.
For his part, the Basque failed again in LIV Golf, although he managed to enter the top 10 after playing a tie for the tournament. And then carefully follow the play-offs, of course happy with the victory of your friend Sergio which will premiere at LIV, something that will arrive at Barrika sooner or later
Sergio Garcia’s wife congratulates him after he secures his first win at LIV Golf / EFE
A great finishing touch to the tournament, a real celebration for Spanish golf with an almost unexpected victory on the 18th But it turned out to be a ‘miracle’ for Sergio and his team, who will not forget their time at Valderrama in this 2024 edition.
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