Great escape keeps Sergio Garcia in contention
It didn`t start out well, but Sergio Garcia had to admit his par at Riviera Country Club`s 13th hole on Saturday was one of his best ever.
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Los Angeles: It didn`t start out well, but Sergio Garcia had to admit his par at Riviera Country Club`s 13th hole on Saturday was one of his best ever.
It was a surprise for American Ryan Moore, who was standing over a putt at the 10th when Garcia`s ball came out of nowhere and plopped into the bunker behind him.
"I didn`t even know there was anybody on the 10th hole. I mean, I didn`t even know where my ball was going," said Garcia, whose three-under par 68 left him in a tie for third on five-under 208 -- three shots off Retief Goosen`s lead.
Garcia faced a tough shot out of the bunker, between a television tower and a tree back toward the 13th green.
"The difficult part about it was that I was in a little bit of a downslope in the bunker, ball a little bit above my feet, having to hit like a low, low cut that went underneath the branches," said Garcia.
In fact, his ball clipped a branch and came up just short of the green.
An indifferent chip left him 15 feet to the hole, and he made it -- another save in a week in which he said his ability to get up and down reminded him a bit of late compatriot Seve Ballesteros.
"I`ve hit some beauties and I`ve hit some shockers," Garcia said. "It was a little bit Seve-like, I would guess, the way I saved some of those pars -- where it looked like I was going to make bogey or double, something like that."
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