{"id":8178,"date":"2025-07-20T10:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8178\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:23:04","slug":"the-open-2025-sergio-garcia-snaps-driver-in-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8178\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open 2025: Sergio Garcia Snaps Driver In Anger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sergio Garcia<\/a> saw red on day four of the 2025 Open<\/a> when a wayward tee shot led to him snapping his driver in frustration.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard missed the fairway left on the par-5 2nd and smashed his driver on the ground, with the head popping off. Ironically, he went on to make birdie on the hole after a solid par at the 1st.<\/p>\n

Garcia is now playing the remainder of his round without a driver, as the rules state that you cannot replace a club broken in anger.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Sergio Garcia snaps driver at The Open<\/p>\n

Sergio Garcia snaps his driver in frustration after a poor tee shot on the second hole \ud83d\ude24 pic.twitter.com\/rqWIdfnLbbJuly 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Rule 4.1 states: “A player is allowed to keep using and\/or to repair any club damaged during the round, no matter what the damage and even if the player damaged it in anger.<\/p>\n

“A player is not allowed to replace a damaged club, except when it is damaged during the round by an outside influence or natural forces, or by someone other than the player or his or her caddie.”<\/p>\n

The Spaniard is in need of a strong finish this week at Royal Portrush to show Luke Donald he is worthy of a Ryder Cup wildcard selection.<\/p>\n

The LIV Golfer missed the cut at The Masters before finishing T67th at the PGA Championship. He failed to qualify for the US Open but is going slightly better at the 153rd Open.<\/p>\n

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Having said earlier in the year that he wasn’t playing well enough to even accept a captain’s pick for Bethpage, he had changed his mind last week at Valderrama when asked.<\/p>\n

“I had a good conversation with Luke last week, and we both know what we want,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The only thing I can do is keep working hard, keep building my confidence up, and if I’m able to do that, then it should be fine. We’ll see.”<\/p>\n