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Certainly Sergio Garcia’s biggest moment thus far in the United States came in last year’s Players Championship.
Entering the 2008 Players, Garcia was struggling, failing to finish in the top 10 in his first eight starts on the PGA Tour and having missed the cut at the Masters for another disappointing major finish.
But he opened The 2008 Players with a 66 and finished with a huge par-saving putt on the 72nd hole, the same type of putt he usually missed, getting Garcia into a playoff that he won when Paul Goydos hit his tee shot into the water at the famous par-3 17th.
Garcia would go on to finish third in the FedExCup standings in 2008 — with playoff losses to Vijay Singh and Camilo Villegas in two events — and rose to second in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of the year.
This year is shaping up much like the last. Garcia has gotten off to a slow start with no top-10 finishes in six starts on the U.S. Tour and has just one top-25 showing. He wasn’t a factor at the Masters again – even criticizing the course, which brought out all those critics who say Garcia whines when things don’t go his way.
He just missed the cut at last week’s Quail Hollow Championship and currently ranks 173rd on tour in putting. Garcia again has switched from a standard putter back to a belly putter.
“I obviously am not feeling 100 percent with my game at the moment and it shows. I’m just not having a great time on the course” said Garcia.
But maybe the site of his greatest triumph will be a spark for the second straight year.
“I’ve been looking forward to returning since they gave me the trophy,” Garcia said. “I’ve always enjoyed that demanding course, where you know pars and an occasional birdie is a good score. I know I can contend if my game is in good shape.”
But oddsmakers at WagerWeb.com only list the Spaniard near the bottom of the top-10 favorites at +3300.
Of course Tiger Woods is the favorite this week at +265. Woods will be favored in probably every event he enters for the next five years, but Sawgrass isn’t one of his favorite courses. He did win here in 2001 and finished second in 2000, but his best finish since then is 11th. He missed last year’s event.
This week, Woods admitted his driving distance has yet to return following that knee surgery. On Tuesday, he was experimenting with different shaft lengths but decided to stick with the same driver setup he had used all year.
“It’s just I’ve been away from the game for a long time,” said Woods, whose driving distance average is just over 293 yards, down a yard from a year ago, when he was ranked 44th on the PGA Tour in distance. “And it’s going to take a little bit of time before my body gets back to where I can hit the ball the same distances. I don’t hit the ball the same distance with my irons or my driver.”
Jim Furyk lives near the course and badly wants to win here. He has made 11-of-12 cuts at Sawgrass and has finished 28th or better in the past six. But he has broken par in the final round just four times.
Phil Mickelson (+950 on WagerWeb.com) also has had success here, winning in 2007 and having five career top-15 finishes. He also finished strongly last week at Quail Hollow.
Speaking of Quail Hollow, last week’s winner there, Sean O’Hair (+2300 this week on WagerWeb.com), has six top-10 finishes in 10 starts this year. He has finished outside the top 25 once. He is first in scoring average and first in all-round ranking.
Boo Weekley (+4500) is a long-shot worth considering. He has three consecutive top-15s on Tour.
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