WATCH: Sergio Garcia Throws Driver Into Bushes
The Spaniard lost his cool during the second round of the Valero Texas Open
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The Spaniard lost his cool during the second round of the Valero Texas Open
WATCH: Sergio Garcia Throws Driver Into Bushes
Sergio Garcia has always had angry streaks in him and he showed another one on Friday at the Valero Texas Open when he threw his driver into the bushes.
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Teeing off on the driveable par-4 5th hole at TPC San Antonio, Garcia pulled his tee shot left of the green and proceeded to launch the big stick into the bushes to the left of him.
The impact sounded like the driver had hit some rocks and Garcia initially struggled to locate his club.
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In the end, it took him over a minute to find his driver, and when he did he took a swipe at a bush before walking off disgruntled.
Garcia then went on to shank his chip and bogeyed the 342-yard hole.
He eventually missed the cut on the number at +2, his second missed cut in a row after The Masters.
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Check out these images from Sports Illustrated's Dan Rapaport of the incident:
Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open by two strokes for his first PGA Tour victory.
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Elliott Heath is our Senior Staff Writer and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news, features, courses and travel sections as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Elliott has interviewed some huge names in the golf world including Sergio Garcia, Thomas Bjorn, Bernd Wiesberger and Scotty Cameron as well as a number of professionals on the DP World and PGA Tours. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as four Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays at West Byfleet Golf Club in Surrey, where his handicap index floats anywhere between 2-6. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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