Palm Beach Gardens, FL—Since 1999, when a then 19-year-old youngster leaped onto the world professional golf stage battling Tiger Woods down the stretch for the PGA Championship at Medinah, many experts within golf forecasted the talented Sergio Garcia as the next great Spaniard—building on the legacies of fellow countrymen Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabl. That same year Garcia became the youngest ever participant in making the European Ryder Cup team—an accomplishment neither Seve nor Jose Maria attained.
In 2001, Garcia claimed two PGA Tour titles at age 21—the youngest since Tiger Woods had done so in 1996 when 20. Few players had shown such a “can’t miss” equation for total stardom and it was agreed by nearly all that major championships would be in Sergio’s immediate future.
Fast forward to 2016 and the total number of majors Garcia has won remains at zero. That’s right. Goose egg. The much believed promise has waned considerably, and for Sergio the search to validation remains an ongoing battle. During his career Garcia has demonstrated a range of emotions—sometimes petulant—sometimes withdrawn because the favored bounce and roll of the putt has gone to another player leaving Garcia always on the short side of key events. What many may not realize is that Garcia has played in 67 consecutive majors—the longest streak among active players.
