PAUL LAWRIE WINS FIRST MATCH-PLAY TIE IN SPAIN
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sergio Garcia claimed the local bragging rights as the Spaniard kicked off his Volvo World Match Play Championship with a 2 and 1 victory over compatriot Alvaro Quiros.
The 32 year old went one up at the first when Quiros hooked his drive and double bogeyed, lost the second with a bogey but birdied the third to restore his advantage.
Quiros levelled with a par at the seventh, and went ahead for the first time with a birdie at the short tenth.
But Garcia birdied the 13th and 17th, and with Quiros losing the 14th after a bogey it was The Ryder Cup star who made a winning start to the group stage.
“I guess you could say it was a good battle, because it was a battle,” said Garcia. “That's about it pretty much.
“I think the one that has the most credit today is the people that were following us for not walking off after nine probably, because I can't really imagine that that was a lot of fun to watch. We weren't playing very good.
“I had a stretch there on ten, 11, 12, where he did hit some good shots. I made a big putt on 11 to stay one down, and then he had a great chance on 12 from about probably five feet, no more than that, to go two
PAUL LAWRIE Won his opening tie against Peter Hanson. This is what he had to say about it on his website this evening:
It wasn't a very exciting game against Peter Hanson as both of us putted poorly, I eventually won 2 and 1, which was a good win as Peter is ahead of me in the world rankings and in the order of merit. It was a nice day with just a little breeze blowing. I was a little tentative with the putter today, which is understandable as the greens are very quick but I need to be more positive tomorrow
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Sergio Garcia claimed the local bragging rights as the Spaniard kicked off his Volvo World Match Play Championship with a 2 and 1 victory over compatriot Alvaro Quiros.
The 32 year old went one up at the first when Quiros hooked his drive and double bogeyed, lost the second with a bogey but birdied the third to restore his advantage.
Quiros levelled with a par at the seventh, and went ahead for the first time with a birdie at the short tenth.
But Garcia birdied the 13th and 17th, and with Quiros losing the 14th after a bogey it was The Ryder Cup star who made a winning start to the group stage.
“I guess you could say it was a good battle, because it was a battle,” said Garcia. “That's about it pretty much.
“I think the one that has the most credit today is the people that were following us for not walking off after nine probably, because I can't really imagine that that was a lot of fun to watch. We weren't playing very good.
“I had a stretch there on ten, 11, 12, where he did hit some good shots. I made a big putt on 11 to stay one down, and then he had a great chance on 12 from about probably five feet, no more than that, to go two
PAUL LAWRIE Won his opening tie against Peter Hanson. This is what he had to say about it on his website this evening:
It wasn't a very exciting game against Peter Hanson as both of us putted poorly, I eventually won 2 and 1, which was a good win as Peter is ahead of me in the world rankings and in the order of merit. It was a nice day with just a little breeze blowing. I was a little tentative with the putter today, which is understandable as the greens are very quick but I need to be more positive tomorrow
TO VIEW THE FIRST-DAY RESULTS IN THE VOLVO WORLD MATCH-PLAY TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE
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