The third leg of the club’s global roadshow got under way on Wednesday, with the stunning surroundings of the Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club playing host to a thrilling contest of ‘Putting Penalties’ between Liverpool Legends McAteer, Garcia, Vladimir Smicer and Patrik Berger.
The challenge? To slot a putt into a Subbuteo net from 12 yards.
And while Garcia admitted to Liverpoolfc.com that McAteer, Smicer and Berger are ‘too good for me’ in regulation golfing play, the little Spaniard more than held his own in this new twist on the game and took McAteer to a dramatic sudden death play-off.