Sergio Garcia comes unglued, throws driver into woods, struggles trying to recover it
One year ago Sergio Garcia reached the pinnacle of his professional career when the Spaniard won his first and only major championship at the 2017 Masters Tournament.
The green jacket still fits Garcia even though he struggled mightily in this year’s event. He was one of 20 former Masters champions to tee off at Augusta National Golf Club, but Garcia also tied for the worst finish of those former champions as he missed the cut at 15 over par.
That included tying a Masters record for most strokes on a hole after he shot a 13 on the par-5 15th hole.
After taking a week off following the Masters disaster, Garcia returned to the course at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
But his troubles off the tee weren’t just reserved for Augusta as he again had issues with just reaching the green.
On the par-4 fifth hole, Garcia hooked one off the tee and lost his ball to the left of the green. He immediately knew the shot was off as he then chucked his driver into the woods just seconds after the drive.
Won't be needing this. pic.twitter.com/xbe9abvCjn
— Skratch (@Skratch) April 20, 2018
But seeing how this was just the fifth hole and Garcia would certainly need his driver at some point during the rest of the round, he was forced to go into the woods in order to retrieve the club.
They’re just like us
— Nols (@nOls55) April 20, 2018
He did indeed recover the driver and then took another hack at some weeds for good measure before returning to his ball.
His second shot on the hole also didn’t go as planned as he chipped it over the green, which virtually eliminated any chance of him saving the hole. Garcia would finish with a bogey on the hole, but judging from his body language you would have thought that he shot a 13 like he did at the Masters.
Garcia was able to regain his composure after that hole and finished the round at even. But his two-round score of 2 over par was one stroke over the cut line, which gave him back-to-back missed cuts for the first time in eight years.
Sergio Garcia is 1 off the cut line in San Antonio with 2 holes to play in his 2nd round. Sergio is trying to avoid consecutive missed cuts for the first time since 2010.
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) April 20, 2018
This isn’t the first time that Garcia has taken his frustrations out on his golf clubs, but at least this time his driver was still usable. That wasn’t the case last year at the Dell Technologies Championship as Garcia damaged his putter after a wayward putt.
RIP Sergio’s putter. pic.twitter.com/t74IIdoO68
— Skratch (@Skratch) September 3, 2017
Garcia then had to turn to his 3-wood for a 13-foot birdie putt, and he made it with ease.
Update: Sergio don’t need no stinking putter. pic.twitter.com/oGDui0j8CD
— Skratch (@Skratch) September 3, 2017
Garcia will look to keep his emotions in check and his clubs in one piece when he returns to the course at the Zurich Classic next week.
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