Sergio Garcia RAGES at reporter at The Masters: "You need to stop it!"
LIV Golf player Sergio Garcia appeared less than impressed with this reporters after the opening round of the 2023 Masters.
LIV Golf player Sergio Garcia appeared to lose his cool a little bit with a reporter after his opening round at the 2023 Masters.
Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, fired an opening round of 2-over 74 at Augusta National.
He started well, turning in 2-under par but struggled on his back nine, making bogeys at No. 10, 13, 14 and 15.
Perhaps this was not the right time to chat to Garcia after it was confirmed by a sports arbitration panel in the UK that the DP World Tour can impose fines and sanctions to the 'rebel' players.
The 12 players who lost their appeal have 30 days to pay the £100,000 fines that were handed out last June.
For full context, here's the entire exchange Garcia had with the reporter at Augusta:
Q. How normal did it feel coming back here and playing and concentrating on your game?
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. No, it's not.
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. I think actually, in defense, I think actually I was thinking you haven't had as many reps as sometimes you normally would. How did you feel coming in and playing this golf course because of that?
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. Are you aware the decision that came down today in the UK about --
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. You're not?
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. Does that mean you wouldn't talk about it if we told you what happened?
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. Are you interested in playing on any event in the European Tour going forward?
SERGIO GARCIA:
Q. Maybe speak to you about it tomorrow once you've had a chance to catch up on it.
SERGIO GARCIA:
Watch here:
"You guys need to stop it...you guys are making a big deal out of this"
Sergio Garcia blames the media for the ongoing storyline of the conflict between golfers on the PGA Tour & LIV Golf #TheMasters pic.twitter.com/JjnUZZZrY0— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) April 6, 2023
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