Sergio Garcia’s way beginning to pay
A score of 73, three-over par, in the opening round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale has him already eight shots off the lead. Still, for the 37-year-old Spaniard the post-Open future looks a whole lot brighter than his prospects of adding a Claret Jug to his green jacket.
A week from tomorrow, Garcia will be a married man, far removed from the angst that has been such a feature of his highly successful career. Clearly a tortured soul, the 2017 Masters champion laboured long under a widely-held impression that his was ultimately going to be a talent largely unfulfilled.
