Back in 2008, Sergio Garcia found himself in a playoff with Paul Goydos at the Players Championship on a windy day at TPC Sawgrass. Garcia had shot a gutsy 1-under 71 on Sunday while Goydos could only muster a round of 74 as the two headed to the famous par-3 17th to begin the sudden-death playoff.

Goydos was first to hit, and as the ball left his club the wind picked up, ballooning his ball into the water on the most famous golf hole in the world. It seemed like it was over for Goydos, but Garcia still had to hit a good shot in tough conditions to secure the biggest win of his career.

Here is what Sergio did in 'o8 when the pressure was on:

Garcia knew he only needed a par to win that playoff against Goydos, and he took the proper precaution. He took the safe side of that tucked pin on the 17th, allowing the slope to improve his golf shot as it ended up just a couple of feet from the cup.

So why take dead aim this Sunday at the Players, tied with Tiger Woods who still had to play the

Late Sunday afternoon, back nine of The Players Championship, and Tiger Woods was rolling. Up two strokes on the field with five holes to play, Woods had the game and the demeanor of a man in total control.

And then came the 14th hole, and just like that, another Tiger Woods drop controversy. Unlike a similar event a few weeks back at Augusta, however, this one was squashed within moments ... even though the evidence suggests it shouldn't have been.

The scenario: Woods hit his tee shot on 14 into the water running along the left side of the hole. He took his customary one-stroke penalty and dropped a ball at what he (and, upon questioning, playing partner Casey Wittenberg) said was the point where the ball crossed over into the water ... about 250 yards down the fairway. Thing is, a replay from the blimp overhead, which was at a sharp angle to the fairway, didn't appear nearly as conclusive, and in fact suggested the ball could have crossed the

Back in 2008, the 17th hole saved Sergio Garcia. Up against Paul Goydos in a playoff for the Players Championship trophy, Garcia hit one of the most clutch golf shots of his life after Goydos found the water, setting up what ended up being a stress free victory on one of the most stressful golf holes on the PGA Tour.

On Sunday at the Players Championship it was that same 17th hole that doomed the 33-year-old. Tied for the lead with Tiger Woods at 13-under, Sergio's tee shot looked like it was the perfect line for the tucked pin, but ended up about a club short in the water.

It was a bad miss at the time, but a bogey there would have still left Garcia a small chance at a playoff with Woods. That ended when Sergio's next ball found the water as well, ending his chances at a second Players' title and leaving him with a quadruple-bogey 7. Sergio added insult to a serious injury on the 18th when he hit his tee shot in the water and made a double-bogey there, finishing six shots back of

Tiger Woods — Getty ImagesIt wasn't what we've come to expect from Tiger Woods with a late lead on the PGA Tour. Up two shots with five holes to play, it was cruise control for the No. 1 player in the world. Woods' record when leading speaks for itself, and this seemed like another instance that would end with a Sunday lap for Woods.

But we knew it would eventually happen when Tiger had a solid lead over a talented field. Tiger hit his tee shot in the water on the 14th, failing to get his next shot on the green and missing his bogey putt, dropping back to the field and forcing him to find another gear late on Sunday at an event he hasn't loved in the past.

But it was a break that went Tiger's way as they always seem to go as his second shot barely cleared the water on the par-5 16th and he was able to get that up and down for a birdie.

Then came Sergio Garcia. The guy who openly professed he wasn't a huge fan of Tiger earlier in the week when the two were paired together looked like the best bet to catch Woods

If there is one thing Sergio Garcia might be known for over the years it's his ability to get down on himself and blame whatever he can for anything negative on the golf course. When golf restarted on Sunday morning at the Players Championship, Sergio and Tiger Woods had four holes to complete, and Garcia came to the famed 17th hole off a birdie on the 16th and hoping to get another circle or two on his scorecard before his third round ended.

Garcia's tee shot on the island green looked good the whole time, and it was, but Sergio nearly had the irony of ironies as his ball hit the flagstick and looked like it might roll back in the water a la Tiger at the Masters.

It didn't, Garcia smiled his way to the green and rolled the 12-footer in for birdie to get to 11-under, where he sits now with Tiger and David Lingmerth with one round to play.

A bad break for sure, but Sergio kept it together and made a great stroke for that birdie on the most famous hole at Sawgrass.

Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods — Getty ImagesIf you thought the sparring between Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods was done after Sergio blamed Tiger for a bad shot he hit early in his third round of the Players Championship, you were mistaken.

After the horn blew for darkness on Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, Tiger was asked about the incident that happened on the second hole during the third round where Garcia hit a bad shot and immediately looked in Tiger's direction, saying after that he felt like Woods had pulled a club as Garcia was starting to address his ball which got the crowd to cheer in Sergio's backswing.

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"The marshals, they told me he already hit, so I pulled a club and was getting ready to play my shot, and then I hear his comments afterwards and (it's) not real surprising that he's complaining about something," Woods said.

Asked after if the two talked about the incident, Tiger said, "We didn't do a lot of talking."

Sergio didn't let Tiger get the last

David Lingmerth — Getty ImagesThe leaderboard at the 2013 Players Championship heading into the third round was absolutely stacked. If it wasn't Lee Westwood or Adam Scott it was the final pairing of Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods, with a host of other big names chasing close behind.

But it's been a strange week at TPC Sawgrass and that continued when weather stopped play on Saturday with an unfamiliar name atop the leaderboard.

David Lingmerth has one hole left in his third round but the 25-year-old Swede is two shots clear of the field thanks to five birdies and an eagle on Saturday and the leaders struggling to make putts.

So who is this Lingmerth character? Just a youngster who graduated to the PGA Tour last season thanks to some solid play on the Web.com and his year has been defined thus far by a playoff loss at the Humana Challenge thanks to a final round 62 that jumped him up the leaderboard.

Fellow countryman Henrik Stenson chases Lingmerth at 10-under, as does Tiger and Sergio who decided not to complete

Sergio Garcia — Getty ImagesSergio Garcia has been a tough cookie to figure out over the years. We've seen the Good Sergio, leaping at Medinah, dominating at the Ryder Cup, playing well for 54 holes at majors, and the Bad Sergio, spitting in cups, blaming someone raking a bunker for his bogey on the 72nd hole at Carnoustie, and the thing about the 33-year-old Spaniard is you really never know which one you'll get.

On Saturday at the Players Championship, Garcia was paired with Tiger Woods for the 20th time in his career and it doesn't take a mathematician to realize that Tiger has had Sergio's card for most of his career.

But is Tiger ever really responsible for a bad shot that Garcia hits? According to Sergio, yes. In an interview conducted during a weather delay on Saturday, Sergio went right at the No. 1 golfer in the world when asked about a bad second shot he hit on the second hole, a par-5, that resulted in a bogey.

"I wouldn't say he didn't see that I was ready, but you do have a feel when the other guy