Sergio Garcia breaks his driver, smashes water cooler as LIV golfer loses cool on Masters Sunday
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Sergio Garcia is one of many former Major winners who joined the LIV Golf tour late in their careers, which means most fans only see them play a few times a year. At the 2026 Masters, Garcia played well enough to make the cut, but has since gone viral for the wrong reasons.
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The 46-year-old Garcia lost his cool early on Monday morning amid another disappointing round of golf. Garcia entered the day at +6 and hoped to make a run up the leaderboard, but instead went in the wrong direction as he played with his fellow Spaniard, Jon Rahm.
As Garcia was one of a handful of golfers to tee off early, and since he was part of the tournament's featured groups, his outburst on the second hole was noticeable to anyone watching. Here's what Garcia did to go viral.
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Sergio Garcia loses cool at Masters
Sergio Garcia teed off at the Masters early in the morning with Jon Rahm on Sunday, forming a duo of two Spanish Masters winners. However, Garcia went viral for the wrong reasons, as he had a mini meltdown after a tee shot early in his round.
On the Par 5 second hole, Garcia had a poor tee shot and instantly smashed his driver into the ground. He walked away fro a few seconds, then appeared to break his driver on the water cooler next to the tee box.
— Barry Rozner (@BarryRozner) April 12, 2026
As a result, Masters officials gave Garcia a code of conduct warning for his outburst.
Geoff Yang, the chairman of the competition committee, spoke to Sergio on the 4th tee and gave him a code of conduct warning.
— dougferguson405 (@dougferguson405) April 12, 2026
Garcia has a history of outbursts on the golf course, but has largely been led to irrelevance since joining the LIV Golf tour. However, as the 2017 Masters winner, Garcia will be invited back to Augusta National every year as per the perks of winning the tournament once.