AUGUSTA, Ga. — A remarkable title indeed, and entirely factual.
Competing alongside compatriot Jon Rahm during Sunday’s Masters tournament, Garcia, who secured victory in 2017, sent his drive at the second hole veering to the right. The subsequent events allegedly resulted in a disciplinary caution from Geoff Yang, the chairman of Augusta National’s competition committee.
Within mere moments, Garcia forcefully struck his golf club into the teeing ground, followed by hitting a cooler, which consequently detached the head of his driver. Subsequently, inexplicably, he hoisted Rahm’s golf bag and proceeded with it along the second fairway.
As previously noted, the officials at Augusta National, known as the ‘green jackets,’ express strong disapproval of such behavior. In the opening round, Robert MacIntyre displayed an offensive hand gesture after his ball landed in the water on the 15th hole, which allegedly led to a private discussion with him following his play.
Although an inappropriate hand sign unquestionably deviates from Augusta’s established etiquette, causing harm to a teeing area is undeniably a more severe infraction. Consequently, Garcia, whose score stood at +6 for the event then, received a reprimand prior to commencing his play at the fourth hole.
