TPC Marshals Support Tiger Woods in Feud with Sergio Garcia

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Published: May 15, 2013

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While last week's Players Championship should have been all about Tiger Woods' fourth victory of the young PGA Tour season, it has become about Woods' feud with Sergio Garcia more than anything.

Even more information came to light Wednesday, and it may very well exonerate Tiger from any wrongdoing.

Woods and Garcia have had a contentious relationship for quite some time, but things reached another level during the third round of the Players Championship. The two were paired together and Garcia hit a poor shot on the second hole. He later blamed it on Woods pulling a club out of his bag and eliciting a reaction from the fans.



Woods' integrity has been questioned as TPC marshals disputed his claim that he was told that Garcia had already hit his ball. Two additional marshals are now coming to Tiger's defense, however.



According to Garry Smits of The Florida Times-Union, Woods was indeed told by a marshal that Garcia had already hit his ball. The only thing Woods is guilty of, the marshals say, is mistaking the sequence of events.  

TPC marshal Brian Nedrich claims that he told Woods that Garcia had already hit his ball after fellow marshal Lance Paczkowski told fans to quiet down since Garcia had not played his ball yet.

"That’s when I yelled back at Lance, ‘No ... he’s already hit,’" Nedrich said. "Tiger had already taken his club, but we did tell him that Sergio had hit."



If what Nedrich said is true, Woods still committed the "transgression" of pulling the club out of his bag, but he didn't lie about being told that Garcia had taken his shot. Nedrich doesn't blame Woods for mixing up the details due to everything that was happening at the time.

There was a lot going on, as usual, when Tiger plays, Nedrich said. Then, he’s trying to have the concentration he needs to win a tournament. It’s easy to g...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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