AUGUSTA, Ga. – Sergio Garcia had 13 clubs for the majority of his final round at the Masters.
Garcia broke his driver in frustration after hitting a drive on the par-5 second hole Sunday morning at Augusta National Golf Club. After taking two angry swipes at the turf, Garcia, still incensed, walked over to a nearby cooler and took a big swing at that, a whack that snapped Garcia’s driver at the neck.
“Just obviously not super proud of it, but sometimes it happens,” Garcia said after his round.
A look at Sergio Garcia's driver after he took a swipe at a cooler on the second hole: pic.twitter.com/tKOZXofdSi
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Moments after his outburst, Garcia was seen walking down the fairway and carrying his playing competitor Jon Rahm’s staff bag. Geoff Yang, Augusta National’s chairman of the competition committee, issued Garcia a code of conduct warning on the fourth tee, according to The AP’s Doug Ferguson.
“There was nothing,” Garcia said about carrying the bag. "[Rahm’s caddie] stopped to rake my bunker, and Benji, my caddie, was carrying both bags, so I told him, just put it down, I’ll get it so you can go and get a yardage. Just as simple as that.”
When asked by reporters about the conversation with the tournament official, Garcia responded, “I’m not going to tell you.”
Due to the circumstances, Garcia was unable to replace the broken driver. He bogeyed three of his first four holes, though the second was the only one he parred in that stretch. He finished with a 75, dropping him near the bottom of the leaderboard at 8 over.
Garcia has six missed cuts and no top-20s since his 2017 Masters victory.
Garcia’s temper tantrum follows Robert MacIntyre, who was reportedly reprimanded by the club after multiple instances of bad behavior, including a middle-finger gesture caught on TV during Thursday’s first round.
