{"id":116413,"date":"2026-04-13T04:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sergio-garcia-furious-at-the-masters-breaks-driver-and-receives-warning\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:53:24","slug":"sergio-garcia-furious-at-the-masters-breaks-driver-and-receives-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/sergio-garcia-furious-at-the-masters-breaks-driver-and-receives-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Garc\u00eda, Furious at the Masters: Breaks Driver and Receives Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sergio Garc\u00eda stars in incident at the Masters and receives warning<\/h2>\n\nSpanish golfer Sergio Garc\u00eda was the protagonist of an unusual moment at the Masters in Augusta, breaking his “driver” on the 2nd hole after a fit of temper on the tee on Sunday. This incident earned him a warning for conduct, something unprecedented in the history of the tournament.\n\nThe situation, which initially generated tension, took an unexpected turn when Garc\u00eda carried his compatriot Jon Rahm’s clubs, creating a lighter moment on the course.\n\nThe group of Garc\u00eda and Rahm, which brought together two former champions and LIV Golf figures, was already generating expectation. However, Garc\u00eda raised the intensity of the game.\n\n\n

After a first shot that veered to the right, the 2017 Masters champion showed frustration on the second hole, hitting his club against the turf twice after a shot that ended up in a bunker. Apparently, he also damaged the teeing ground.<\/p>\n\n\nGarc\u00eda, visibly annoyed, walked to the back of the tee and smashed his driver<\/em> against a cooler, breaking the club head. According to the rules of golf, he was not allowed to replace the club, as the damage was a result of his behavior.\n\nGeoff Yang, as the competitions committee chairman, spoke with Garcia on the fourth hole and issued him a warning for conduct. Garcia did not want to reveal what he was told and avoided apologizing for his actions after his round of 75 strokes (+3).\n\n\n

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Jon Rahm, left, and Sergio Garc\u00eda walk on the third hole during the final round of the Masters on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been frustrated throughout the year. I’m not proud, but sometimes it happens.<\/p>\n\nSergio Garc\u00eda<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nSince his victory at Augusta National in 2017, Garc\u00eda has missed six cuts and tied for 23rd in 2022. He finished in 52nd place out of the 54 players who made the cut on Sunday.\n\nWhen asked why he has played poorly at the Masters since his victory, Garcia responded: “Bad golf.” When questioned about whether there was anything specific that led him to play poorly, he said: “Bad shots.”\n\nThe PGA Tour has been developing a code of conduct policy for competitions, and the Masters was the first to implement it.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sergio Garc\u00eda stars in incident at the Masters and receives warning Spanish golfer Sergio Garc\u00eda was the protagonist of an unusual moment at the Masters in Augusta, breaking his “driver” on the 2nd hole after a fit of temper on the tee on Sunday. This incident earned him a warning for conduct, something unprecedented in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12503,163,160,3514],"class_list":{"0":"post-116413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-code-of-conduct","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-masters","11":"tag-sergio-garcia"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}