Sergio Garcia issued an apology on Tuesday following his tantrum-laced closing spherical on the Masters that noticed him handed a proper warning for smashing a membership to items.
The Spanish star’s frustration boiled over on Sunday following a poor tee-shot at Augusta Nationwide’s par-five second gap.
The 46-year-old slammed his driver into the turf repeatedly earlier than snapping the membership’s head off after smashing it into a close-by cooler.
“I wish to apologise for my actions on Sunday on the Masters event,” Garcia wrote in an announcement on social media.
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“I respect and worth every little thing that the Masters and Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership is to golf. I remorse the way in which I acted, and it has no place in our sport.
“It doesn’t replicate the respect and appreciation I’ve for the Masters, the patrons, event officers, and golf followers around the globe.”
Garcia, who performs on the LIV Golf tour, was additionally concerned in a weird incident on the identical spherical when he picked up enjoying accomplice Jon Rahm’s golf bag and carried it as Rahm’s caddie tended to a bunker.
Masters officers took a dim view of Garcia’s outburst and later handed him a code of conduct warning whereas nonetheless on the course.
Garcia later instructed his frustration had been constructing within the months main as much as final week’s Masters event.
“Via the yr. Simply clearly not tremendous happy with it, however typically it occurs,” he mentioned.
Printed on Apr 15, 2026