{"id":71513,"date":"2026-04-12T12:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/sergio-garcia-warned-after-breaking-club-in-masters-meltdown-before-carrying-jon-rahms-bag\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:55:25","slug":"sergio-garcia-warned-after-breaking-club-in-masters-meltdown-before-carrying-jon-rahms-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/sergio-garcia-warned-after-breaking-club-in-masters-meltdown-before-carrying-jon-rahms-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Garc\u00eda warned after breaking club in Masters meltdown before carrying Jon Rahm\u2019s bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>2017 champion tears up tee box after poor shot<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>44-year-old is known for his fiery temper<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sergio Garc\u00eda\u2019s return to the scene of his greatest triumph has not been a happy one this weekend. The 2017 Masters champion made the cut at Augusta but on Sunday vented his frustration after a poor opening shot on the second hole by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espn\/status\/2043352691598922112\">slamming his club into the ground<\/a> before snapping off its head when he smashed it into a nearby cooler.<\/p>\n<p>Masters officials are known for strictly enforcing rules and Garc\u00eda was given a code of conduct warning for his outburst. A second code of conduct breach would result in a two-shot penalty and a third would lead to disqualification.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/12\/sergio-garcia-breaks-club-masters-warning-golf\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 champion tears up tee box after poor shot 44-year-old is known for his fiery temper Sergio Garc\u00eda\u2019s return to the scene of his greatest triumph has not been a happy one this weekend. The 2017 Masters champion made the cut at Augusta but on Sunday vented his frustration after a poor opening shot on &#8230; <a title=\"Sergio Garc\u00eda warned after breaking club in Masters meltdown before carrying Jon Rahm\u2019s bag\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/sergio-garcia-warned-after-breaking-club-in-masters-meltdown-before-carrying-jon-rahms-bag\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sergio Garc\u00eda warned after breaking club in Masters meltdown before carrying Jon Rahm\u2019s bag\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}