36 Days Until the 2008 Open
Sergio Garcia finished in second place at the 2007 Open, so it is little surprise to see that he has made the top ten favourites list for the 2008 Open. After missing the cut of the first two major championships in 2007, Garcia found success at The Open Championship which is his favourite of the four majors. He held the lead after each one of the first three rounds and carried a 3-shot lead over Steve Stricker and a 6-shot lead over the rest of the field into the start of the fourth day. At an early stage of the last round he had extended the lead to 4 shots, but bogeys at the 5th, the 7th, and the 8th holes brought him back to the field. The last putt on the 18th hole on Sunday would have given him his first professional major but he missed it by a fraction and faced a playoff with Padraig Harrington that he eventually lost by one stroke. In his post round news conference, Garcia seemed to suggest that bad breaks had cost him the championship.
Garcia is a TaylorMade player and his driver is the TaylorMade r7 SuperQuad TP. The r7 Superquad TP Driver has six movable weights in four ports that allow 102 Centre of Gravity locations. The massive clubface area makes it easy to launch on a high, strong trajectory for long carry and phenomenal distance.
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