Multiple PGA Tour winner Max Homa has offered his thoughts on Sergio Garcia’s antics at the 2026 Masters.
Garcia, 46, rubbed Augusta National officials the wrong way during the final round of the first men’s major of the year.
The Spaniard smashed his driver into the turf twice after hitting a loose drive on the second hole and, seconds later, snapped the club on the bottom of a water cooler.
Wearing sunglasses and appearing dismissive of reporters’ questions after the conclusion of the tournament, Garcia decided not to apologise for his actions.
Garcia has since expressed remorse, issuing a statement on 14 March, explaining that he respects and values everything that the Masters and Augusta National is to golf.
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“It has no place in our game,” Garcia said.
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Homa was asked about Garcia’s antics ahead of the RBC Heritage.
The American said it casts a bad look on professional golfers, although he acknowledged the sport can stir up those emotions.
“I don’t like when people break clubs,” said Homa.
“I don’t like when people beat up the golf course because we deal with it, and I think the breaking clubs makes us look very, very spoiled.”
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He added: “I don’t know where I’d draw that line exactly, but I definitely think beating up a golf course would be probably tops just because the rest of us have to play it.
“But yeah, that’s a tough thing to handle or to decide upon because it is so subjective.
“If I do something where no one is watching on TV, that gets graded a lot lower than when it’s in front of everybody. So I don’t know how you would land that plane.”
Garcia snapped the head off his driver
The PGA Tour has developed a new code-of-conducts policy for its players.
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The Associated Press have reported that the 2026 Masters was the first tournament to use it.
Details are scarce, but it is understood that when players’ tempers boil over they are issued a warning first, given a two-shot penalty for the next infraction and ultimately disqualified for a third violation.
Garcia was spotted being warned about his conduct on the fourth hole.
Homa said it was “good” that conversations are behind held about players’ conduct on the fairways.
“We want to inspire the next generation to be better than us, so we need to be held to a higher standard,” he said.
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Homa added that he hopes pace-of-play can be addressed just as rigorously.
Garcia wasn’t the only competitor in the field at the Masters to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
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Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre directed a middle finger at the 15th green after registering a quadruple-bogey nine in round one.
MacIntyre was reprimanded by tournament officials but risked further backlash with a social media post after missing the cut.
The Scot has not apologised yet.
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Earlier in the week, he was urged by Rory McIlroy‘s former manager, Chubby Chandler, to “cut it out”.
Chandler said: “He’s just got to stop that. It’s ugly, isn’t it?”
“He could have his invitation to next year’s Masters void because they’ve been known to do that before.”
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