“I’m not too much of a record kind of guy, but it was nice to have that streak going.”García began Thursday’s round on the back nine and was three under at the turn, thanks to a birdie on the 15th hole and an eagle on the par-5 16th hole. He was at par for the next eight holes but closed with a flurry, as he birdied the seventh and eighth holes, then sank an 18-foot eagle putt on the par-5 No. 9 after a spectacularly placed 268-yard second shot that was struck with a 5-wood.“This golf course just suits my eye,” García, the 2008 Players champion, said with a grin. “I feel more comfortable.”McIlroy’s round was more the norm on a day when the greens were speedy and the rough a little more lush than it would be in May, the month when this event was held for several years.
