Sergio García (-5) is one of the top three leaders of the LIV Golf in Miami. The golfer from Castellón has signed off a round of 67 strokes, the only one without bogeys this Friday at the Trump National Doral, and has conquered the first place tied with Peter Uihlein and Talor Gooch, two golfers who are often seen at the top in the Saudi circuit.
Sergio has been the only one who has not stumbled on the always difficult Miami course, heir to that Blue Monster that annihilated so many cards when it was the host of the WGC CA Championship. You have to play golf very well, in all areas, to get off as García has done. You have to be very good from the tee, fine with the irons and definitive with the putter. This has been the game of the player from Borriol.
Perhaps because it is less common in him, what has most caught the attention of his game today has been the putter. He has holed very good birdie putts and has also saved pars on some occasions, although the truth is that he has missed very few greens. Sergio has had a notable season in LIV Golf, starting with that playoff lost in Mayakoba against Joaco Niemann. However, the smell of azaleas, waiting around the corner in the amen corner, has boosted his performance. To top it off, LIV decided to place him in a match entirely of Masters champions, with Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed.
The first day of the tournament has left us with a beautiful and very tight classification. There are thirteen players separated only by two strokes, with heavy artillery such as Bubba (-4), Brooks Koepka (-3), Patrick Reed (-3) or Jon Rahm (-3).
The player from Barrika has displayed a lot of quality golf at the start of LIV Miami. Really, his golf deserved much more, but this season he is not finishing a round round. Today he got to put himself with four less in seven holes after pulling out an impressive eagle on the 8, par 5, dunking from the rough off the green.
Rahm was heading for the lead, he was the one playing the best, very good from the tee, we would say outstanding, hitting good shots and leaving birdie options. However, a bad tee shot on the 10th, sending the ball into the water, cost him a painful double bogey and moved him away from the head. Even so, from there he managed to finish with two birdies and one bogey to get back in, as always, in the fight to win.
Things did not go so well for Eugenio López Chacarra (+1) and David Puig (+3). They already have it very difficult to get into the fight for victory because there are many players ahead, but it is not impossible.
