Sergio Garcia may decide to withdraw from HP Byron Nelson Championship due to finger nail injury
Spain’s star golfer Sergio Garcia is still undecided whether to participate in the HP Byron Nelson Championship, set to tee off on Thursday May 26th giving in to the deteriorating conditions of his injured finger nail.
Garcia is among the strong field for this week’s PGA Tour event and will be pitched in a stiff battle against the tour veterans like K.J.Choi, Dustin Johnson, Nick Watney and last year’s defending champion Jason Day. Battered Garcia pulled out of the US
Open Championship qualifiers at Sunningdale after he has tee-ed off for the opening four shots, citing an aggravated infection in his finger nail.
"Finger is not feeling great yet. Hoping I'll be better by tomorrow. I'll keep u posted!" Garcia Tweeted on Wednesday evening.
The 31-year-old Garcia returned from Plano to TPC Four Seasons Resort at Dallas Fort worth Texas, hoping to reinvent his 1999 victory when he thrashed the course record to post a stunning round of 62, which was also his professional debut tournament. His
pull out from the Qualifier at Plano may cost him the US Open Championship as he is currently ranked 73rd in the World rankings and only top 50 will be selected to participate in the tournaments besides invitees and players having sponsor’s exemption.
Garcia remains one of the star attractions for the event, amply evident by the fact that he is paired with the top players of the tournament like K.J Choi and Dustin Johnson. A pull out right now would confirm Garcia’s disqualification in the second major
of the season at Congressional.
Garcia has come a long way in his career in professional golf. He won several amateur events before turning professional in 1999. He became the youngest player to have wont the European Amateur in 1995. The Spaniard was also the youngest player who made
the cut in the European Tour event in 1995. His record was broken by Jason Hak when he made the cut at UBS Hong Kong Open in 2008 and superseded Garcia by 107 days.
Garcia has since then, won 20 professional events in his stellar career. He has won seven times on the PGA Tour and no less than eight times on the European Tour. The 31-year-old has fared badly in his major ventures when he finished three times as runner-up
at the PGA Championship in 1999 and 2008, and The Open Championship in 2007.
Garcia will be facing some tough contenders in the tournament including this year’s Players winner K.J.Choi. Choi is currently in his best form coming out of his recent victory at TPC Sawgrass and shuttled all the way to Korea to participate in the SK Telecom.
Australian Jason Day, who finished tied for second in this year’s Masters, will be pitched to defend his title that he won last year. The event has a total purse of $6.5 million with a winner’s share of $1,170,000.
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