Sergio Garcia Claims Tiger Woods Distracted Him at Players Championship

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Published: May 11, 2013

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Relations between Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods have never been particularly friendly, and Garcia did nothing to change that on Saturday during Round 3 of The Players Championship.

On the par-five second hole, a beautiful angle provided Garcia the opportunity to attack the green in two strokes. However, he was visibly frustrated after something distracted him in his backswing. Garcia blamed Woods, who the Spaniard accused of pulling a club while he was hitting.

When inclement weather halted play at TPC Sawgrass, the always brutally honest Garcia had the following to say to the Golf Channel about the incident, as documented by CBS Sports' Kyle Porter:

I wouldn't say [Woods] didn't see that I was ready, but you do have a feel when the other guy is going to hit. Right as I was on top of the backswing, he pulled a 5-wood or 3-wood out of the rough and, obviously, everybody started screaming, so that didn't help very much.

The ensuing crowd noise that occurred when Woods pulled a wood out of his bag—after misfiring off the tee and landing in the trees and pine straw—was apparently what threw Garcia off on his second shot.

 

UPDATE: Saturday, May 11 at 9:20 p.m. ET by Matt Fitzgerald

Woods responded to Garcia's accusation after the round, asserting that his playing companion should have heard his side of the story, because Woods didn't know Garcia was hitting when he pulled the club. ESPN's Bob Harig documented Woods' reply:

Obviously, [Garcia] doesn't know all the facts. The marshals told me he had already hit. I pulled the club and played my shot. Then I hear his comments afterward. Not really surprising that he's complaining about something.

---End of update---




At the time, Garcia was 11 under for the tournament, and Woods was one stroke behind. By the end of the hole, Garcia had dropped a stroke, and Woods had birdied...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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