{"id":21868,"date":"2018-10-10T07:55:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/ryder-cup-points-leader-set-to-defend-valderrama-title\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T07:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:55:24","slug":"ryder-cup-points-leader-set-to-defend-valderrama-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/ryder-cup-points-leader-set-to-defend-valderrama-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup points leader set to defend Valderrama title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sergio Garcia will defend his Andalucia Valderrama Masters title from October 18-21 in the wake of becoming all-time Ryder Cup points leader at the Golf National. This feat is the result of nearly two decades of steady success in an event focused on team action rather than individual performance. <\/p>\n

Sergio made this point very clearly at the start of the week in Paris: \u201cI\u2019m not concerned by records, I\u2019m not even thinking about that. If I managed to beat that record, but we lost the Ryder Cup, it would be worthless to me. I\u2019m only interested in adding points to the team so that we win back together the Cup for Europe. Only the team counts this week.<\/p>\n

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It was Sergio\u2019s ninth appearance in the showdown against the US, one more than his childhood hero Seve Ballesteros. He made his debut at Brookline (3-1-1) where Europe lost, but the Spanish rookie exhibited the blend of talent, courage and team spirit that would enable him to take up the torch as one of the pillars of the European side. While Seve revitalized the event by opening its doors to continental Europe and inspiring the team to new heights, Sergio has made a vital contribution to consolidating European dominance over the last two decades. <\/p>\n

After a disappointing season this year, the 38-year-old arrived at the Albatros Course as a risky captain\u2019s pick, but by the week\u2019s end he had cemented his legacy as one of the greatest players of the biennial event. His Sunday singles victory over Rickie Fowler capped a 3-1 week in which he was key to Europe\u2019s sixth consecutive victory on home soil, and pushed his career Ryder Cup record to a sparkling 22-12-7 in his nine appearances, the 25.5 point total breaking the previous record. <\/p>\n

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It was a glorious and emotional moment after his win on Sunday: \u201cYeah, I don\u2019t usually cry, but I couldn\u2019t help it. What a week! It\u2019s been a rough year, but you know, we fought hard. Obviously so thankful for Thomas to pick me and believe in me, and so happy, so happy to get the Cup back here in Paris and in Europe and for everyone to enjoy it as much as they did.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the team was definitely on the front of his mind: \u201cYeah, it means a lot but at the end of the day, I\u2019ve always said it. It\u2019s about the team and I\u2019m happy that I was able to help with some of the points. It\u2019s a bonus. It\u2019s something that I never thought I would have the possibility of doing, and now that it\u2019s happened, I\u2019m just so happy. I mean, these guys are unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next week at Real Club Valderrama, one of his favorite courses, Sergio will look to build on this positive momentum as he fights, this time individually, for his third Andaluc\u00eda Valderrama Masters title.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the 2018 Andaluc\u00eda Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garc\u00eda Foundation are available HERE. Children under 14 are admitted to the event free of charge when accompanied by a ticket holding adult. <\/p>\n

The Andaluc\u00eda Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garc\u00eda Foundation is sponsored by the Council of Tourism and Sport of the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda through the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union, with the added institutional support of the Diputaci\u00f3n de C\u00e1diz, the San Roque City Council and the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation. It also enjoys the support of La Reserva de Sotogrande, Rolex, Heineken, Dubai Duty Free, Santander Private Banking, Shell, Exterior Plus and Samsic Iberia. Only Water, Grupo Hospitalario Quir\u00f3nsalud, Coca-Cola, Varma and Korporate Technologies Group are official suppliers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sergio Garcia will defend his Andalucia Valderrama Masters title from October 18-21 in the wake of becoming all-time Ryder Cup points leader at the Golf National. This feat is the result of nearly two decades of steady success in an event focused on team action rather than individual performance. Sergio made this point very clearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}