Open Form Guide

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It once seemed only a matter of time before Sergio Garcia won the Open Championship. At St Andrews in 2000 he was third at halfway before falling back. Over the next six years he only once finished outside the top 10. And then in 2007 at Carnoustie he led the tournament from the first round to the start of the back nine. Whereupon it all went horribly wrong. He did battle back to force a play-off but he lost it to Padraig Harrington and his last two Open efforts have been shadows of what went before: 51st at Birkdale and 38th at Turnberry. More recently, throughout the first seven months of 2010, he has lost his form in every event, not just at the Open. He made the semi-finals at the WGC World Matchplay but has no top-10 in a stroke play event all year. He gives the impression of a broken man, grumbling about ill fortune, muttering about off the course frustrations, unable to discover any sort of form.