,<\/a> the 2017 Masters winner, has recorded just one top-10 finish in five starts on LIV in 2026 and he cut a dejected figure in the build-up. \u201cNot super happy at the moment, but we\u2019re working, and we\u2019ll see,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens throughout the week. Yeah, at the moment I\u2019m not feeling amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nNeither were the green staff who repaired the mess he made on the second tee box.\u00a0Garcia deigned to speak after signing for a 74 that left him on five-over and down among the dead men. But he was typically chippy and offered no apology, as you can see from the transcript.<\/p>\n
Q. Obviously you were frustrated early in your round. Had that been building through the week? What happened?<\/p>\n
A. Through the year. Yeah. Just obviously not super proud of it, but sometimes it happens.<\/p>\n
Q. What did they tell you on the 4th hole?<\/p>\n
A. I\u2019m not going to tell you.<\/p>\n
Q. How much more difficult does it make it strategy-wise with you not being able to use a driver?<\/p>\n
A. It makes it very easy. I just have to hit 3-wood all the time. I didn\u2019t have to choose another club.<\/p>\n
Q. Your record here since you won is surprising to a lot of us. Is there a theme there or one reason for it? How do you explain that?<\/p>\n
A. Bad golf.<\/p>\n
Q. Is there something specific here that has happened —<\/p>\n
A. Bad shots.<\/p>\n
Q. But you can do that anywhere, but you win here and we would think you know how to play this golf course, so there must be more to it.<\/p>\n
A. Well, if you don\u2019t hit good shots, you\u2019re not going to score well here. It\u2019s very simple.<\/p>\n
Q. You\u2019ve just coincidentally hit bad shots here, a lot since you\u2019ve won. Is it as simple as that?<\/p>\n
A. Yeah, unfortunately a lot of bad shots.<\/p>\n
Q. Did they give you a warning or something on the 4th —<\/p>\n
A. Next question, please.<\/p>\n
There were no more questions and with that he was gone. Next stop Mexico for the LIV event that starts on Thursday and where he will once again be feted as a superstar and a hero. That is professional golf nowadays. And it stinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garcia has been fined by the Tours on several occasions, but as the top points scorer in Ryder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5337,5904,15924,59649,6547,15926,217,101,10823,10509,56,54,55,157732],"class_list":{"0":"post-527490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-comment","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-jon-rahm","11":"tag-liv-golf-invitational-series","12":"tag-ryder-cup","13":"tag-sergio-garcia","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-team-europe","17":"tag-the-masters","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom","21":"tag-us-content"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}