Sergio Garcia's frustrations boiled over at the Masters. A snapped driver and damaged tee box led to a tense press conference, putting his complicated history with Augusta back in the spotlight.

When the media asked him about it on Masters Sunday, his answers were very short, but he was being very honest.

Golf account Flushing It shared the press conference clip on X on April 12 and said Garcia was “clearly very frustrated with the state of his game.” What followed in that two-minute exchange felt a bit tense.

The questions came quickly, and his answers came even quicker. "Yeah, just obviously not super proud of it, but sometimes it happens," Garcia said of the incident.

He explained the bag-carrying moment. His caddie, Benji Thompson, was holding both bags while Jon Rahm’s caddie, Adam Hayes, was raking a bunker. Garcia said he told Benji to put the bag down so he could go check the yardage. And that was it.

Then a reporter asked a tougher question. It was about Garcia’s record at Augusta since his 2017 win: no top-10 finishes and several quiet weeks at a course he once mastered. Was there a reason for it?

Garcia didn’t try to soften his answer. "Bad golf," he said.

“If you don’t hit good shots, you’re not going to score well here,” Garcia said. “It’s very simple.”

Playing without a driver for 16 holes severely limited his options.

Augusta Gave Sergio Garcia a Warning

The tee box incident didn’t go unnoticed by the people at Augusta National. Geoff Yang, chairman of the Masters competition committee, approached Garcia on the fourth hole and issued a formal code-of-conduct warning.

The AP confirmed the conversation happened, but no one knows what was said. Reporters asked Garcia about it at his press conference.

“I’m not going to tell you,” he said.

The rules of golf also meant Garcia could not replace the driver he broke in anger. He had to play the final 16 holes with only 13 clubs in his bag, no driver, no other option.

It wasn’t the first time this had happened. Garcia also broke his driver at the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush and had to finish that round without it.

Some fans had seen enough. Posts on X even called for him to be banned from Augusta. One said, “Sergio Garcia should be banned for life from Augusta National.”

His 2017 green jacket gives him a lifetime exemption. But Sunday made one thing clear: it gets him into Augusta, not everyone’s support once he’s out there.

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Pulkit Prabhav