Why Sergio Garcia Continues To Get A Free Pass From Temper Tantrums
Sergio Garcia is one of golf’s biggest marquee names. But with that, he’s also under the microscope when his infantile tantrums are in full view. Those include spitting in the 13th hole cup at the 2007 WGC-CA Championship. Meaning, no matter how much he apologizes, the next brain-fritz moment is right around the bend.
Golfweek’s Alistar Tait believes that neither Tour wants to suspend Garcia as both Tours want all their stars front and center.
Add gouging up a tee during the final round of the WGC–FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis last week to previous misdemeanours as long as his arm. The 2017 Masters winner hit a poor drive on the 16thhole at TPC Southwind, grabbed his driver with both hands and smashed it into the turf, taking a huge divot.
Cue howls of protest. The Daily Telegraph quoted an anonymous player who said, “We are starting to wonder what Sergio has to do to get a couple of involuntarily weeks off.”
most golfers know the line between “being frustrated” and “wrecking the course” but Sergio Garcia is not most golfers
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— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) July 28, 2019
Truth is, he can do almost anything he wants and not get a two-week ban. No way the European or PGA Tours are going to take serious action, especially the European Tour. The Euro circuit won’t want to alienate one of its biggest stars.
He’ll probably face some sort of fine, but we won’t hear about it. The Tours don’t do bad news. Besides, the sum will be derisory to a multi-millionaire like Garcia.
We didn’t believe him then, and we won’t believe him when he utters yet another serious racket violation apology.
Amen. But these are the times we live in…
