Later that year, Garcia openly complained about bad luck on the course after he blew the lead at the Open Championship. At one point, after an errant Garcia drive, he seemed to take an exaggerated stance in order to get a drop. In , Garcia was accused of making racially insensitive comments toward Tiger Woods after hitting three balls in the water on the 17th and 18th holes at the Players Championship and falling out of the lead.
Garcia was forced to apologize not once, but twice, after the incident. He damaged FIVE greens. In a quarterfinal match against Matt Kuchar, Garcia missed his par putt, the raked the ball back toward the cup, but the ball lipped out. Apparently, Garcia played the shot before Kuchar could concede the putt and it cost Garcia the hole. He ended up losing to Kuchar 2-up. Should we love him because he seems to be a loving husband and father and because he made quite an impression on my brother and nephew?
Or is the real Garcia the villain who continues to have incidents on the course, even after being in the public spotlight for more than 20 years? I think both sides are true, which may seem like a cop out answer. I also know that, no matter how much of a temper one might have, there is no excuse for acting the way that Garcia has on the course at times during his career.
Just having him in the mix can make the conversation around the PGA Tour more lively. Sanderson Farms: winners and losers from Mississippi by Tim Letcher. Next: U. In the U. Open at Bethpage Black, play had been suspended after a rain-filled second round. Sergio whined to the media that had Woods been playing during the heavy downpour, the powers that be would have suspended play immediately instead of continuing.
The two had another awkward encounter at the British Open. An emotional Tiger—fresh off the loss of his father two months earlier—entered the final round a stroke ahead of Garcia and proceeded to best him by six shots en route to his 11th major.
Garcia was dressed all in yellow that day, and according to Ryan Lavner of GolfChannel. Before the Ryder Cup matches, Garcia taunted Tiger yet again, remarking that he would welcome playing him several times over the weekend because of his questionable career record in the international team event. He measures success by wins—not commercials, not Twitter followers and certainly not photo shoots.
Compounding the matter is the fact Woods has bested Sergio three times down the stretch of a major championship—twice from the same pairing and with little trouble. Following their PGA battle at Medinah Golf Club, Garcia was billed as the likely rival for Woods, and the hunger for that feud on the golf course was tantalizing.
Woods has lived up to his share of the bargain, winning 14 major championships and 78 PGA Tour events to date. Sergio, simply, has not. Open at Bethpage Black due to torrential rain. His reasoning: play would have stopped if Woods were on the course.
Playing together in the final round, Woods outscores Garcia and walks away with his second U. Open dub. After pouncing on his prey, , Woods sends this famous text to a friend: "I just bludgeoned Tweety Bird.
Fast forward two months, and Garcia taunts Woods by saying he wants to play him early and often in the upcoming Ryder Cup. May 11, -- The gloves come off at the Players' Championship, when, paired together in the third round, Garcia blames Woods for an errant stroke.
Seems Tiger incited the crowd by pulling a club as Sergio prepared to hit his shot. Woods, who ends up winning his 78th PGA Tour victory as Garcia implodes, responds that Sergio complaining about something is nothing new and that a marshal told him Garcia had already hit.
I know what he's like. You guys are finding out. Sure, they played along for the cameras, Woods jokingly signing a hat for Garcia and the Spaniard jumping for joy like an excited fan. But at a meaningless made-for-TV match in - the Battle at Bighorn - Garcia punched the air after beating Woods, leaving him visibly angered.
Garcia - who suggested officials would have stopped play for Woods while others had to carry on during rain early in the week - said he was still reeling from the heartbreak of being dumped by Greg Norman's daughter, Morgan-Leigh. But it was Woods who then chewed up his heart and spat it out memorably four years later at the Open. Wearing an all-yellow ensemble on the final day, Garcia was again forced to watch as his playing partner won his third Claret Jug.
It prompted Tiger to remark as he sat on his private jet home: "I just bludgeoned Tweetie Pie. At that year's Ryder Cup, Garcia said he wanted a piece of his nemesis because "fortunately he doesn't have a great record" in the event. Garcia claimed Woods' decision to take a club out of his bag - prompting the crowd to whoop - made him hit a bad shot.
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