Sergio Garcia damaged the turf on the second tee during the final round of the Masters, then followed that by breaking his driver after an errant shot.
Sergio Garcia has withdrawn from this week’s Irish Open, telling a publication that he would be unable to be fully engaged after missing out on a captain’s pick for the European Ryder Cup.
Golf can be a cruel and complex game, particularly at the elite level. Sergio Garcia, after 26 years as a pro, was reminded horribly when he came within three feet of securing a place in the Open Championship at the Asian Tour’s International Series Macau in China.
The Macau tournament is part of the R&A’s Open Qualifying Series, giving out exemptions into this summer’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush to the top three finishers who haven’t already qualified. Seventeen LIV golfers competing have yet to earn a spot in the Open.
The top player not already exempt into the US Open field after the Korea event in early May will qualify. It’s the only major championship this year for which Niemann has not yet qualified.
Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey high on the leaderboard. A course measuring 6,711 yards. Golf fans could be forgiven for thinking this was 2008 or 2010 – the glory days for this now aging trio. But the blaring music and Garcia’s bright red Fireballs GC team uniform screamed that this was 2025 and it Read more…
His eponymous website hails him as “more than a champion.” Which is fair if you pay due deference to the nearly 40 tournament victories, the more than nine years he has spent ranked inside the world’s top 10 and take even the briefest glance at Sergio Garcia’s record as part of 10 Ryder Cup teams. Read more…
Until he serves the suspensions – believed to total about nine weeks – that went along with the payment of his reportedly seven-figure fines, Garcia will be unable to tee up on the DP World Tour.
Australian Golf Digest
