Avoiding the penalizing rough and putting solidly on the super-fast greens, García looked like the confident player he was in 1999, when he finished second to Woods at the P.G.A. Championship.
"The commercial companies will put themselves solidly behind the Sherpas," he said.
But the Sharks run to the Cup final put him solidly in the spotlight, and he embraced it.
His wages put him solidly in the Dutch middle class: He has earned enough to buy an apartment and enjoy vacations to Spain.
A victory would put Mosley solidly back in the mix for big-money fights and restore his reputation as one of the game's best.
And as the season got underway, the Whitecaps were allying defensive solidity with decent production to put themselves solidly into playoff contention, though without ever looking like they were going to set the league alight.
California's three largest supermarket chains, Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons, are scared, and so are tens of thousands of supermarket workers whose union contracts have put them solidly in the middle class.
(It was always interesting how the English crowd, particularly the Liverpool crowd, renowned as one of the most graphically vociferous in the country, quickly put itself solidly behind one of two foreign teams, usually the unlikeliest, in an effort to balance the game.
It occurs to me now, however, that I am nice because usually once during class I hit that sweet spot in a move where it simply feels right, where my weight and intentions -- my back and my brain -- are performing in sync, and I feel put together solidly from head to toe.
The J.D. Power quality ratings put Hyundai solidly in the top half, which belies the image of junky Korean cars.
