Two Majors, Two Broken Drivers... Sergio Garcia Snaps Club At The Masters After Losing Temper

At just his second hole of the day, the 2017 Masters winner slammed his driver on the ground before breaking it following a poor tee shot at the par 5

Sergio Garcia at the top of his backswing
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The Masters is designed to test the world's best mentally and physically, with Augusta National getting the better of Sergio Garcia on Sunday.

Playing alongside fellow countryman, Jon Rahm, an opening bogey at the opening hole for Garcia was followed by a poor tee shot at the par 5 second, which caused the Spaniard to lose his head.

Pushing his tee shot at the first hole, the Fireballs GC captain replicated the drive at the second, with it finding the fairway bunker on the right-side.

Following the tee shot, Garcia slammed his club into the turf three times, taking a significant chunk out of the tee box, before he then turned towards his golf bag.

Garcia, though, wasn't done there, as following the moment of rage he then whipped the driver at the cooler box behind the tee, with the club wrapping around the metal leg and snapping in two.

It meant that Garcia would be without his big stick for the remaining 16 holes, with the damage done by the 46-year-old falling under his own accord.

If the damage was accidental, or from general play, he would have been able to replace it.

The moment was clipped up and began circling on social media, with many users posting the video to X/Twitter.

Ground staff were on hand to replace the damage quickly, with the tee box repaired just 30-minutes later.

In terms of Garcia, he did see the funny side as on the next hole, the par 4 third, he joked with his caddie that "you don't like hitting driver" off the tee, as he made a resulting bogey, his second in three holes.

Bizarrely, it's not the first time that Garcia has broken his club in a Major, with his last outing also resulting in a snapped driver.

Playing at Royal Portrush in The Open Championship, the Spaniard missed the fairway left on the par 5 second and smashed his driver on the ground, with the head popping off.

Matt Cradock
Staff Writer

Matt joined Golf Monthly in February 2021 covering weekend news, before also transitioning to equipment and testing. After freelancing for Golf Monthly and The PGA for 18 months, he was offered a full-time position at the company in October 2022 and continues to cover news and social media.

Taking up the game when he was just seven years of age, Matt made it into his county squad just a year later and continues to play the game at a high standard, with a handicap of around 2-4. To date, his best round is a six-under-par 66 having been seven-under through nine.

Matt’s current What’s In The Bag?

Driver: Honma TW747, 8.75°

Fairway Wood: Ping G430 LST 15°, 19°

Irons: TaylorMade P7CB

Wedges: Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Tour Satin, 50°, 56°, 60°

Putter: Cleveland TFI 2135 Satin Cero

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

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