{"id":18342,"date":"2014-01-25T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.100x100.net\/mygolfway\/taylormade-golf-whats-in-the-bag-of-sergio-garcia-winner-of-qatar-masters\/"},"modified":"2014-01-25T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T17:37:15","slug":"taylormade-golf-whats-in-the-bag-of-sergio-garcia-winner-of-qatar-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygolfway.com\/en\/taylormade-golf-whats-in-the-bag-of-sergio-garcia-winner-of-qatar-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"TaylorMade Golf – What\u2019s in the bag of Sergio Garc\u00eda, winner of Qatar Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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January 25, 2014 –<\/strong> For the second year running the TaylorMade-adidas Golf<\/strong> staff player Sergio Garcia<\/strong> produced a stunning late charge at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters<\/strong>, but this time it led to victory as the Spaniard finally got his hands on the trophy.<\/p>\n

Garcia defeated Finland’s Mikko Ilonen<\/strong> on the third hole of a sudden-death play-off to make up for missing out 12 months ago, when England’s Chris Wood<\/strong> made an eagle on the 72nd hole to beat Garcia and George Coetzee<\/strong> by a shot.<\/p>\n

A flawless closing 65 saw Garcia set the clubhouse target of 16 under par, but the 34 year old crucially missed from eight feet for a birdie on the last and then looked on as Ilonen birdied the 16th and 18th to complete a 66 and force extra holes.<\/p>\n

The players returned to the 18th for three times to find the winner of the play-off. The third extra hole proved decisive as Ilonen found the bunker and was unable to rescue a birdie, leaving Garcia a tap-in to secure an 11th European Tour title after his long eagle putt had narrowly missed.<\/p>\n

Thorbj\u00f8rn Olesen<\/strong> had a great chance to join the play-off but missed from 15 feet for an eagle on the 18th, the Dane sharing third place with joint overnight leader Rafael Cabrera-Bello<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“It feels good,”<\/em> said Sergio Garcia<\/strong>, who will move from 11th to inside the Official World Golf Ranking’s top ten on Monday.\u00a0“It’s funny because I started the day thinking if I can shoot six or seven under maybe I can have a chance, and it turns out I had a very similar putt that I had last year to get it to 17 under on 18; I hit a good putt and unfortunately it didn’t break.\u00a0<\/em>The up and down from the bunker in the play-off was key and I’m very happy to be able to win it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Asked about the pressure of contesting his seventh European Tour play-off – having won two and lost four – Sergio Garcia<\/strong> added: “I almost feel less pressure because you feel like you’ve had a great week already and if you win it’s kind of like a little bit of a bonus.“<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s been an amazing week already and I was definitely more nervous on my tee shot on the 18th (in regulation) than in the play-off. That’s probably why I hit three better tee shots.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A great win, playing a SLDR driver<\/strong>lofted up a full degree of loft more than his previous driver to take advantage of the low-spinning performance of the club, the new Tour Preferred MC irons<\/strong>, <\/em>featuring the SpeedPocket with cast 3-7 and forged 8-PW, and the new Tour Preferred X golf ball<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sergio ranked n\u00ba5 in Driving Distance<\/strong> averaging 299.6 yards and was one of 29 players in the Qatar Masters field who played a SLDR driver. Known as one of the best ball strikers in the game, Sergio also hit 75% of the greens with his news Tour Preferred MC irons. This was the second time in three events Sergio has played and won with them.\u00a0With his blue\u00a0adidas Golf outfit<\/strong>, he also showed off the new\u00a0adizero one\u00a0<\/strong>golf shoes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s in the golf bag of Sergio?<\/strong><\/p>\n