Sergio Garcia Leads The Players
posted in News |Sergio Garcia used his time with putting guru Stan Utley to his advantage and has a one shot lead after the first day of play at The Players Championship. Sergio has been struggling with his putting for a while and has tried long putters, short putters, left hand low and anything else that he thought might help with his slump. Utley has helped many tour players with their short game woes. If Sergio can match his putting with his ball striking he will be a force to contend with this week.
Phil Mickelson had a solid round in his defense of his title. Phil will have to over come the fact that no player has repeated back to back. Ernie Els was going along comfortably until he came to the short par three seventeenth. On the tee Ernie was two under par with two holes remaining. Ernie proceeded to triple bogey the hole and went to number eighteen tee at one over par. Ernie did what most good players do, he hit two great shots on eighteen and sunk his birdie putt to finish the day at even par. This shows what will be on the players mind on Sunday afternoon, no lead is safe playing number 17.