A couple weeks ago I wondered if Sergio would ever get back to his form of 2008. If you recall, it was in '08 that he almost finally won a major at Carnoustie. After recently dropping out of the Open Championship qualifer due to injury, on Monday he began to look like the Garcia of old by surviving a 7-man playoff to qualify for next week's United States Open. The Spaniard fired rounds of 68-67 at Tunica National GC outside of this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis.
After taking several months off, Sergio's game appears to be progressing nicely. At the end of last Fall, Sergio admitted to being burned out and needing a break from the game. Halfway through 2011 this seems to be just what the doctor ordered. Since returning from the hiatus he appears to be having more fun playing the game and looking more like the 19 year old kid who took Tiger to the brink at Medinah in 1999. It would be great for the Tour if he contended next week at Congressional. The game could use a "shot in the arm", especially with Tiger announcing this week that he will not compete in D.C. Here's to hoping he is in the mix on Father's Day.
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