Miami Burmester beats Garcia in the play-off

The LIV Golf Miami title goes to Dean Burmester (68 69 68), who clinched victory in Florida over Sergio Garcia (67 68 70) in a playoff, securing the fourth occasion of the 2024 Arab Tremendous League. The South African capitalized on a bogey by the Spaniard, who, for the third time since becoming a member of LIV Golf, misplaced a match in a playoff.

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Each gamers in Miami completed the regulation 54 holes with a rating of 205 (-11), however a mistake by the 2017 Masters Champion allowed the 34-year-old Zimbabwe-born Burmester to have fun his first title on the circuit, his third within the final six months after profitable the Joburg Open and South African Championship on the DP World Tour in November and December 2023.

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Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, a standout within the Tremendous League, completed 4th with 208 (-8) alongside Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, with whom he led the “Legio XII” crew to victory within the crew competitors (-22). “It is a particular victory and probably the most stunning moments of my life,” expressed Burmester’s satisfaction.

His achievement earned him $4,000,000, with a further $150,000 for third place (-15) within the crew occasion the place the “Stinger GC” have been additionally surpassed by Bubba Watson’s “RangeGoats GC,” who completed 2nd with a rating of “-21”.

Sergio Garcia started taking part in golf on the age of three on the “Membership de Campo del Mediterráneo,” the place his father Victor was a golf teacher. By the age of 12, he was already a champion at his membership, and 4 years later, he grew to become the youngest participant to make the lower at a European Tour occasion, on the Turespaña Open Mediterranea in 1995.

This report was later surpassed by newbie Jason Hark on the UBS Hong Kong Open. In the identical 12 months, Garcia grew to become the youngest participant to win the European Beginner Championship. All through his newbie profession, he achieved quite a few victories, from the Topolino World Junior Championship in 1994 to the European Championship in 1995, and the British Beginner in 1998.

He turned skilled in 1999 after profitable the title of main newbie on the Augusta Masters, attaining a handicap of +5.4, and sustaining an official match-play report of 32 victories and just one defeat. In his first 12 months as a professional, he caught consideration with a spectacular duel in opposition to Tiger Woods on the 1999 PGA Championship, the place he executed his well-known shot: an intentional slice from behind a tree that landed on the inexperienced, adopted by Garcia working and leaping to see its touchdown.

Garcia has all the time been one of many strongest gamers from tee to inexperienced, with a particular swing. He has been a key member of the European Ryder Cup crew, boasting 6 victories (2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2018) in 9 appearances and setting the report for the youngest participant within the match (within the 1999 version).