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Sergio Garcia Disqualified from PGA Championship, More Excuses to Follow
by CriticalFanatic CriticalFanatic | >7 days ago4 Comment Comments »
Sergio Garcia Disqualified from PGA Championship, More Excuses to Follow PhotoFor whatever reason today's golf action just isn't as excited as I hoped, so I'm going to continuing reveling in Sergio Garcia's failures.

El Nino was disqualified from the PGA Championship this afternoon after turning in an incorrect scorecard. Sergio does have a legit excuse, but ultimately he's to blame.
Garcia got the boot Saturday for signing an incorrect scorecard after the third round. In tournament golf, players keep each other's scores. Garcia's playing partner, Boo Weekley, put down a 4 for Garcia on the 17th hole when the Spaniard actually made a 5.

It's the player's responsibility to ensure his scorecard is accurate before he signs it. Garcia didn't. And when the mistake was noticed in the scoring tent, Garcia had already left.

"It's my fault for putting the wrong score in, but it's his fault for not checking," said Weekley, who shot 5-under 65. "I just said 'Sergio, I put a 4 but in fact you had a 5.' He said, 'That just puts the icing on the cake."'
I hate to laugh (not really) at other people's struggles, but this unfortunate lack of attention to detail so aptly defines Garcia's career. Sure, there's an easy excuse available (Boo did it!), and he'll likely go that route. But ultimately he needs to hold himself accountable.

That was no more apparent than on the 18th hole today. After missing a short put, Sergio was left with essentially a gimme. Failing to give it the proper attention and alignment, Garcia missed again, following by typically staring down an apparent fan who distracted him on the crosswalk. Yep, definitely the fans fault that you missed a putt that should have been nailed blindfolded. (as you can see from the picture, the butterfly was also to blame)

TNT analyst Bobby Clampett said it best as Sergio left the 18th hole today: (paraphrasing) "Sergio has got to quit blaming others ... Once he takes responsibility, he'll start fulfilling his potential."

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#1 | 332 days ago

+1 thumbs upA professional golfer could hypothetically get some of his playing partners DQed over the course of the year and probably make himself a nice chunk of change. Not that Boo did it intentionally, but I do have to say that someone being disqualified because someone else screwed up is pretty idiotic. Yes, Sergio should have checked, but if it's ultimately his responsibility, then why don't players just keep their scores for themselves in the first place? Or better yet, in this day in age, do the players really need to keep score at all? I know that people want to keep it for the sake of tradition, but there's nothing wrong with a sport evolving over time.

The 18th though, that's just ridiculous. He's an idiot.
#2 | 332 days ago

Do they check with each other after every hole or only at the end? If only at the end, how in the world is he supposed to remember what he shot on the 5th hole or whatever???
#3 | 332 days ago

IlliniBob72 wrote:
Do they check with each other after every hole or only at the end? If only at the end, how in the world is he supposed to remember what he shot on the 5th hole or whatever???
Have you ever talked to a PGA pro or even just an everyday golfer?

You can remember what shot you hit back on the 8th on Sunday of 1985..and its all Tour players that fill out their scorecard, and are professional enough to remember exactly what they did, stroke for stroke, on all 18. No excuse for Sergio, he messed up by not checking it through.

As I do agree with ya Jon, that the game should be a little updated; but its still the rules they follow now, so he has to go by them.
#4 | 331 days ago

k.c.chiefs wrote:
Have you ever talked to a PGA pro or even just an everyday golfer?

You can remember what shot you hit back on the 8th on Sunday of 1985..and its all Tour players that fill out their scorecard, and are professional enough to remember exactly what they did, stroke for stroke, on all 18. No excuse for Sergio, he messed up by not checking it through.

As I do agree with ya Jon, that the game should be a little updated; but its still the rules they follow now, so he has to go by them.
Didn't he blame the waiting time between each shot for his loss at the British Open?

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