Garcia goes up a tree as rain thwarts Tiger
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March 26, 2013, Tuesday
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SERGIO Garcia provided an amazing highlight at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday when he climbed into an oak tree and played a shot back out to the fairway.
"First, I went up there to identify the ball and then saw that I could make the shot with just one hand," Garcia said on his website. "Luckily, it went well."
The rest of the day did not.
Garcia withdrew from the tournament at Bay Hill, saying in a statement on his website that his left shoulder and Achilles tendon were hurt and he did not want to risk doing more damage by finishing six holes yesterday. During the shot, he leaned hard on his left shoulder and tried to balance himself on one foot. Eventually, he wrapped his left arm around a limb to swat at the shot back-handed.
The statement said that when Garcia was in the tree, he forced the left shoulder to the point he could barely feel it, and his next shot - a chunked wedge that only went about 30 yards - was a result of his sore left shoulder.
The Spaniard already was having a rough time - he made a 9 on the par-5 sixth hole - when his tee shot at No. 10 sailed right into the trees. Not only did it get stuck in the tree, it came to rest at the base of two large limbs.
Garcia wound up making double bogey. Two holes later, the horn sounded to suspend play because of a violent thunderstorm that canceled play for the rest of the round. Garcia already was 5-over-par for his round, and 3 over for the tournament.
The storm also halted Tiger Woods's bid to regain the world No. 1 ranking with an eighth Bay Hill title.
Woods and playing partner Rickie Fowler had just completed the second hole when the horns blew to stop play. Woods's birdie at the par-3 second put him 12-under overall and stretched his lead to three strokes over Fowler, Keegan Bradley, Ken Duke and John Huh.
Woods won his seventh Arnold Palmer Invitational title here last year. A record eighth triumph in the event would see him supplant Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy atop the world rankings.
The 14-time major champion has spent a record 623 weeks on top of the world.
But he has not paced the rankings since October of 2010 after injuries and an infamous sex scandal saw him tumble from the top 50.
Thirty-three players completed their rounds on Sunday. They included Masters champion Bubba Watson, who carded a 5-under 67 for a 4-under total of 284.
"First, I went up there to identify the ball and then saw that I could make the shot with just one hand," Garcia said on his website. "Luckily, it went well."
The rest of the day did not.
Garcia withdrew from the tournament at Bay Hill, saying in a statement on his website that his left shoulder and Achilles tendon were hurt and he did not want to risk doing more damage by finishing six holes yesterday. During the shot, he leaned hard on his left shoulder and tried to balance himself on one foot. Eventually, he wrapped his left arm around a limb to swat at the shot back-handed.
The statement said that when Garcia was in the tree, he forced the left shoulder to the point he could barely feel it, and his next shot - a chunked wedge that only went about 30 yards - was a result of his sore left shoulder.
The Spaniard already was having a rough time - he made a 9 on the par-5 sixth hole - when his tee shot at No. 10 sailed right into the trees. Not only did it get stuck in the tree, it came to rest at the base of two large limbs.
Garcia wound up making double bogey. Two holes later, the horn sounded to suspend play because of a violent thunderstorm that canceled play for the rest of the round. Garcia already was 5-over-par for his round, and 3 over for the tournament.
The storm also halted Tiger Woods's bid to regain the world No. 1 ranking with an eighth Bay Hill title.
Woods and playing partner Rickie Fowler had just completed the second hole when the horns blew to stop play. Woods's birdie at the par-3 second put him 12-under overall and stretched his lead to three strokes over Fowler, Keegan Bradley, Ken Duke and John Huh.
Woods won his seventh Arnold Palmer Invitational title here last year. A record eighth triumph in the event would see him supplant Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy atop the world rankings.
The 14-time major champion has spent a record 623 weeks on top of the world.
But he has not paced the rankings since October of 2010 after injuries and an infamous sex scandal saw him tumble from the top 50.
Thirty-three players completed their rounds on Sunday. They included Masters champion Bubba Watson, who carded a 5-under 67 for a 4-under total of 284.
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