{"id":599657,"date":"2026-04-12T18:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599657\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:55:11","slug":"sergio-garcia-reprimanded-at-masters-for-driver-smashing-rampage-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599657\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Garcia Reprimanded at Masters for Driver-Smashing Rampage on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">AUGUSTA \u2014 Some things never change. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">In the final round of the Masters, Sergio Garcia once again let his frustrations brew. After slicing his tee shot on the par-5 2nd, he pounded his driver into the ground twice, taking some chunks out of the tee box. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">But he wasn\u2019t done. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">The 46-year-old Spaniard then whacked the water cooler and smashed his driver, detaching the head from the club. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">This led to a code of conduct warning, with Geoff Yang, the chairman of the Masters competition committee, speaking to Garcia on the fourth hole, according to the Associated Press. However, Garcia wouldn\u2019t comment on what he was told.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to tell you,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">When he was pressed again, Garcia said, \u201cNext question, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\">Also, on the second hole, Garcia was seen walking down the fairway carrying playing partner Jon Rahm\u2019s bag, as Rahm\u2019s caddie raked a bunker. Garcia claims there wasn\u2019t anything to it, though.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">\u201cAdam [Rahm\u2019s caddie] stopped to rake my bunker, and Benji, my caddie, was carrying both bags, so I told him, \u2018Just put it down, I\u2019ll get it so you can go and get a yardage,\u2019\u201d Garcia said. \u201cJust as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No more driver today\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gigk806UDj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gigk806UDj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Von Lossow (@avl_ltc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avl_ltc\/status\/2043326734494515261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"81\">This wasn\u2019t the first time that week Garcia had displayed his emotions. On the 9th hole in Round 2, Garcia detoured into the bushes and slammed his driver on the pine straw, and then stayed in there as his playing partners hit their drives. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"84\">Of course, Garcia is known for his temper. At last year\u2019s British Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/sergio-garcia-breaks-driver-anger-british-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he snapped his driver during<\/a> a fit in the final round. And there have been many more instances. He flipped off a heckling crowd at the 2002 U.S. Open; he swiped a bush in the 2017 British Open, injuring his shoulder; and was disqualified at the 2019 Saudi International for a tantrum in the bunker. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"87\">As for this week, the 2017 Masters champion began the final round 16 strokes off the lead, before bogeying three of his first five holes. Ironically, he parred the second. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8a\">Then, he played the rest of the final round without a driver en route to a third-to-last place finish at 8 over par. He didn&#8217;t seem to care, though. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8d\">\u201cIt makes it very easy,\u201d Garcia said of his strategy without a driver. \u201cI just have to hit 3-wood all the time. I didn\u2019t have to choose another club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More Masters Coverage from Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA \u2014 Some things never change. 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