{"id":50792,"date":"2026-04-14T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50792"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:01:16","slug":"sergio-garcia-posts-apology-after-masters-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50792","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Garcia Posts Apology After Masters Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">PGA Tour golf star Sergio Garcia apologized Tuesday to fans following his well-publicized meltdown at The Masters over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia tore up the turf after a bad drive on the second hole in addition to breaking his driver against a bench.<\/p>\n<p>The outburst drew the first-ever code-of-conduct warning under the new Masters competition committee policy enacted this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize for my actions Sunday at The Masters tournament,\u201d\u00a0Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSergioGarcia\/status\/2044085394468196791\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cI respect and value everything that The Masters and Augusta National Golf Club is to golf. I regret the way I acted, and it has no place in our game. It doesn\u2019t reflect the respect and appreciation I have for The Masters, the patrons, tournament officials, and golf fans around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2044085394468196791\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSergioGarcia\/status\/2044085394468196791\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Garcia bogeyed, then hit a shot on the par-5 second hole that went into the bunker.\u00a0He then took an angry swat at the tee and slammed his club into the turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">The 2017 Masters champ then hit his driver against a wooden bench holding a water cooler, breaking the head from the shaft.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043352691598922112\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/2043352691598922112\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Garcia ended up finishing with a score of 75, ranking him 52nd out of 54 golfers who made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust obviously not super proud of it, but sometimes it happens,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Garcia has not finished in the top 10 in any of the 29 majors he has competed in since beating Justin Rose for the green jacket in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2026\/04\/14\/sergio-garcia-posts-apology-after-masters-meltdown\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PGA Tour golf star Sergio Garcia apologized Tuesday to fans following his well-publicized meltdown at The Masters over the weekend. 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