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Gol
f Wr
i
t
er
s Tr
ophy Wi
nner
“
We know t
hat bot
h t
he gol
f
er
s and
medi
a go hand i
n hand i
n t
hi
s
busi
ness, and we al
ways appr
eci
at
e
when t
hey r
ecogni
se you f
or
somet
hi
ng as bi
g as t
hi
s. So, t
hank
you agai
n t
o al
l t
he member
s of t
he
Associ
at
i
on of Gol
f Wr
i
t
er
s f
or vot
i
ng
me t
hei
r Gol
f
er of t
he Year
.
”
On pr
esent
i
ng t
he awar
d t
o Gar
ci
a,
Chai
r
man I
ai
n Car
t
er sai
d, “
We ar
e
del
i
ght
ed t
o gi
ve t
hi
s awar
d t
o Ser
gi
o,
I suspect ver
y f
ew peopl
e woul
d have
expect
ed t
hi
s gr
eat t
al
ent t
o have
been so f
r
ust
r
at
ed f
or so l
ong at maj
or
champi
onshi
ps, especi
al
l
y when you
consi
der how he bur
st on t
o t
he
scene.
“
Ser
gi
o has been a del
i
ght t
o cover
f
or our member
s. He has al
ways
been a f
asci
nat
i
ng char
act
er l
oved by
f
ans al
l over t
he wor
l
d and he has
f
ans al
l over t
he wor
l
d and he has
gener
at
ed hundr
eds of st
or
i
es i
n a
most col
our
f
ul car
eer
.
“
I t
hi
nk t
he vast maj
or
i
t
y of us wer
e
t
hr
i
l
l
ed t
hat we wer
e f
i
nal
l
y abl
e t
o
wr
i
t
e t
he st
or
y of hi
s f
i
r
st maj
or t
i
t
l
e.
Typi
cal
l
y i
t was won i
n gr
eat and
cour
ageous st
yl
e. We wer
e al
so ver
y
gr
at
ef
ul t
hat Ser
gi
o chose t
o j
oi
n us at
our annual di
nner at Royal Bi
r
kdal
e
t
hi
s year
. He t
ur
ned up pr
oudl
y
wear
i
ng t
he gr
een j
acket and hi
s
pr
esence i
n such covet
ed at
t
i
r
e
hel
ped make i
t a hugel
y successf
ul
eveni
ng.
“
I
t i
s onl
y r
i
ght t
hat our member
shi
p
have chosen t
o best
ow hi
m wi
t
h our
most pr
est
i
gi
ous awar
d and we send
our war
mest congr
at
ul
at
i
ons t
o Ser
gi
o
and hi
s t
eam.
”