ARDMORE, Pa. ?So what kind of reception did Sergio Garcia get for Thursday뭩 start of the U.S. Open?
If you were wondering, he got a polite smattering of applause when he was introduced before beginning his round at the 11th tee and one, lone boo from somewhere in the back of the large grandstand there.
Garcia, making his first American start since he made the controversial 밼ried chicken?remark about Tiger Woods at a European Tour awards program three weeks ago, had an up-and-down start to the U.S. Open before the weather horn blew suspending play.
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Garcia three-putted the 11th to start his round with a bogey, made a routine par at the 12th and elicited a huge roar sticking his approach at the 13th to a foot to set up birdie. He received numerous shouts of encouragement making his way through a tight gauntlet of spectators on his way to the 13th tee.
A bad swing at the 14th cost Garcia just before the weather delay. He pulled his tee shot left and out of bounds and then hit a provisional. He had to march through the galleries to find his first ball, nestled up against a hedge. He tossed it to a boy as a keepsake. The horn blew stopping play moments after.