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surrounding him,” says

Carter. “The question is

whetherthiswillbea

burden or an inspiration for

him. We’ll find out over the

coming years.”

All of which leads us back

to our original question.

How many majors can we

expect Sergio to go on and

win? Carter reckons it could

be one or two more. We

think he will do a Phil

Mickelson and go on to win

four more. Sergio himself is

just happy with how things

are going at present. “The

mostpositivethingisthat

IfeellikeIhavesomuch

room for improvement,” he

says. “I’m here and pretty

much just started, so I’m

excited. I still feel like I have

a lot of great years in me.”

The Spaniard’s next shot

at major glory comes in the

US Open at Erin Hills. He has

a good record in this event,

and if he wins it he will only

have two more steps to the

Grand Slam. A pipe dream?

Possibly, but as Sergio says,

“You can’t win them all if

you don’t win the first one.”

THE SPIN

Kevin Chappell

Finallyawinner,intheValeroTexasOpen,

at the 180th time of asking, a birdie putt

onthelastrelegatingsixrunner-upspots

to the trashcan of his mind. “A big relief.”

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worldofgolfthismonth.

The Barometer

UP

DOWN

Alexander Levy

Stoleaplay-offvictoryintheVolvoChina

Open and immediately turned his thoughts

to next year’s Parisian Ryder Cup. “It’s a

dream forme,”heconfirmed.

Jason Dufner

Abogeyputtonthe5thattheRBCHeritagesee

Dufner’schancesgosouth.Heletshisputterfallto

thefloorandleaveshiscaddietopickitup.Classact.

Sergio Garcia

Hisbest Masters-winner’s perk so far?

Performingaceremonialkickoffbefore

the Real Madrid-BarcelonaClasico,while

dressed in the Green Jacket.

Hash brown fans

McCain Foods USA issue a recall of their

hash browns after finding they contain

“extraneousgolfballmaterials”.Doesn’t

soundgreat,yettheytastesogood.

Jason Day

Takes on 18-year-oldMinWooLeeinalong-driving

contestandwatchesastheupstart’sball

comfortably outstripshis.LeeisthecurrentUS

Junior champion, however.

Tiger Woods

Despitehisagent’sclaimsthatallwasfine,

Tiger succumbed to yet another back

operation – an anterior lumbar interbody

fusion. Your guess is as good as ours.

John Daly

Onhis22ndstart,WildThinghashisfirst

PGATourChampionsvictoryafteraone-

strokewinattheInsperityInvitational.It’s

his first victory on US soil in 13 long years.

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T2 but no real near miss. Entered

Sunday seven shots behind winner

Rory McIlroy, ended two behind.

“I’m not good enough,” announces

Sergio. I’ve come to the conclusion that

I need to play for second or third place.”

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years ahead of me’