Sergio Garcia fell devastatingly short of securing a spot at this year’s Open Championship after missing a putt from three feet at the International Series Macau in China.

Sergio Garcia had a chance to qualify directly for the Open Championship at Royal Portrush with his putter, but he choked at the last second.

Sergio Garcia has suffered his fair share of Open Championship heartache over the past three decades and on Sunday the two-time runner-up penned a new painful chapter in this torrid story of close calls.