WGC Game Play: Sergio Garcia will reach the last 16 with a hole-in-one in a playoff against Lee Westwood | Golf News

“Of course I’m very happy about that, but I’m sorry for Lee because I did a couple of silly things for him this week.” Sergio Garcia hit a walk-away ace to beat Lee Westwood in the fourth playoff hole to reach the last 16 in Austin

Sergio Garcia reached the last 16 of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Game in stunning style, making a hole-in-one to beat Lee Westwood in Austin.

Garcia comfortably beat his long-time friend and Ryder Cup team-mate in their Group 8 opening position, but the Spaniard suffered a 3 & 2 loss to Matt Wallace in his last game, while and Westwood traveled to a 4 & 3 victory over Tyrrell Hatton.

That left them level on two points each and as a result there was a playoff for a place in the knockout stage, and they both lost by seven feet in the first extra hole before Garcia beat two pars clutch to keep itself in the competition.

Westwood then hit his tee shot at the short quarter to the heart of the green, but Garcia grabbed a dead goal from 161 yards and his ball went down just a few inches further than the flag before spinning back into the cup to settle the contest with an amazing ace.

“I don’t know what to say, but of course there’s an amazing hole-in-one,” said Garcia, who now plays Mackenzie Hughes in the last 16. “The two pushes I made were on awful two and three to keep myself going.

“And then of course the bullet on four, it’s a good picture, but then you get that lucky first, it didn’t hit the flag because it must have been very close to hitting the flag. , and then run back inside.

“Of course I’m very happy about that, but I’m sorry for Lee because I did a couple of silly things for him this week, first day and today, but unfortunately he had to we lose. “

Garcia also revealed that he was struggling with a cramp when he defeated Wallace in an all-round game at the turn, with the Englishman advancing with a birdie at 10 before Garcia two balls in the water at the 13th and then bogeyed the next one to go three down.

“It was a sad day,” he said. “I don’t like to make excuses, but Matt actually played his best game of the week. I had a slight problem with my left leg all day. I had to take a little Advil on the sixth inning because there was a bow my left leg was bending and it was difficult for me to get through the ball.

“Because of that, I didn’t hit the ball as well as I did the other days. I didn’t hit it badly, but I didn’t hit it either. I have to work on it because tomorrow is the hopefully it will be a long day, and I need to get my feet in perfect shape. “