{"id":591498,"date":"2026-04-18T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591498\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:55:20","slug":"multiple-pga-tour-winner-issues-message-to-sergio-garcia-and-spoiled-angry-golfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591498\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple PGA Tour winner issues message to Sergio Garcia and “spoiled” angry golfers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple PGA Tour winner Max Homa has offered his thoughts on Sergio Garcia’s antics at the 2026 Masters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garcia, 46, rubbed Augusta National officials the wrong way during the final round of the first men’s major of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Spaniard smashed his driver<\/a> 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wearing sunglasses and appearing dismissive of reporters’ questions after the conclusion of the tournament, Garcia decided not to apologise for his actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Garcia has since expressed remorse, issuing a statement on 14 March, explaining that he respects and values<\/a> everything that the Masters and Augusta National is to golf.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“It has no place in our game,” Garcia said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Homa was asked about Garcia’s antics ahead of the RBC Heritage<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The American said it casts a bad look on professional golfers, although he acknowledged the sport can stir up those emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don’t like when people break clubs,” said Homa<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But yeah, that’s a tough thing to handle or to decide upon because it is so subjective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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Garcia snapped the head off his driver<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour<\/a> has developed a new code-of-conducts policy for its players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press have reported that the 2026 Masters was the first tournament to use it.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garcia was spotted being warned about his conduct on the fourth hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Homa said it was “good” that conversations are behind held about players’ conduct on the fairways.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We want to inspire the next generation to be better than us, so we need to be held to a higher standard,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Homa added that he hopes pace-of-play can be addressed just as rigorously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garcia wasn’t the only competitor in the field at the Masters to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MacIntyre was reprimanded by tournament officials but risked further backlash with a social media post after missing the cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Scot has not apologised yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the week, he was urged<\/a> by Rory McIlroy<\/a>‘s former manager, Chubby Chandler, to “cut it out”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chandler said: “He’s just got to stop that. It’s ugly, isn’t it?”<\/p>\n

“He could have his invitation to next year’s Masters void because they’ve been known to do that before.”<\/p>\n

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