Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia, out of Continental Europe, rates 78 overall on LIV Golf — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with iron play the clear peak of the profile at A-.

• Power sits at B+ for S. Garcia, a shade above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy B+ — a clear strength in the 2025–26 pool; 20 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play A- — well above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game B+ — on the stronger side of average in the 2025–26 pool; 35 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• At D, S. Garcia's putting rating is a genuine liability (4th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ sits at A- for S. Garcia, well above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: only 11 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• At B, S. Garcia's nerve rating is a genuine liability (17th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 79 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency B+ — modestly above average in the 2025–26 pool; 42 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at C for S. Garcia, well below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Tour Winner. A solid tour winner's profile — no glaring weakness, a rating comfortably above the pool average, and enough all-around game to be a threat most weeks without a single standout attribute.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Bud Cauley, Louis Oosthuizen and Daniel Berger, in that order of similarity.

• Bud Cauley,
• Louis Oosthuizen,
• Daniel Berger

Of the 24 events on the schedule, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship
• U.S. Open — Major
• The Open Championship — Major

At $4M (C tier), Sergio Garcia leaves $41M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 34 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (putting, engine and nerve) include Sam Burns ($8M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

• Sam Burns ($8M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Rory McIlroy ($10M)

2017 Masters; LIV #13. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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