sergio garcia used to be my hero, now I despise him
why i’m sad to see sergio garcia’s disastrous year unfold
I’ve been following golf since 2004. I had just started playing the game at that point and have been hooked ever since, and one of my favourite players to watch over the last 17 years has been Sergio Garcia.
I’ve loved how he plays the game with his scintillating short game and unique, mystical swing that has made him one of the elite ball strikers of his generation. The lag, the rhythm, the flair, Garcia plays the game of golf slightly differently to everyone else and it’s truly a joy to watch. Following Garcia has been a rollercoaster from his stoic Ryder Cup performances to his controversies, 16 European Tour wins, 11 PGA Tour triumphs and some agonising Major misses – Carnoustie 2007 and Oakland Hills 2008 at the hands of Padraig Harrington come to mind.
If his putting could have come close to his ball striking he would have won an awful lot of Majors, and one of my most favourite days as a golf fan was 9th April 2017 when he took down Justin Rose in a crazy final day duel to win his maiden Major title and his Green Jacket at Augusta National.
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Sergio is an icon of the European game, coming alive every two years in the blue and yellow for Team Europe, becoming the Ryder Cup’s record points scorer. He has always had his brushes with controversy but I’ve been able to shrug it off as a fan of his, but these past six months have been difficult – he certainly hasn’t helped himself.
Garcia has joined LIV Golf, which I have no problem with, but the way he has left the PGA Tour, and perhaps the DP World Tour too pending February’s court case, has not been the most dignified and he’s been widely criticised for it from news outlets and across social media.
“I can’t wait to leave this tour” he raged at the Wells Fargo Champonship before an even worse story emerged a month later. “This tour is s***, you’re all f****d,” is what he is reported to have said in the locker room at the BMW International Open in Munich, where DP World Tour…
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