the European The first visit to Saudi Arabia took yet another bizarre turn, as the Spanish Ryder Cup hero and Masters winner Sergio Garcia was disqualified for his behavior.
the Tournament has already been hit by bad publicity because of its location. Some of the world’s biggest stars have taken against for 23 million dollars just to put up – one of them verdensrangslistens number one Justin Rose, who even missed the cut – all the while they have praised the site and ignored Saudi Arabia’s dubious relation to human rights.
the Stand of particularly the greens of the Royal Greens G&CC was not up to his usual standard, which for any frustrated the sometimes choleric Sergio Garcia.
Already on Friday so he can knock the clubs in a bunker in frustration, while there is no tv images were of the situations, which meant disqualification for the spaniard on Saturday. According to The Scotsman left Sergio Garcia five greens in such poor condition that all of the players in the subsequent four balls complained to the judges.
the European Tour responded with a disqualification for the usportslige performance; so far as is known this is the first time in the history.
Sergio Garcia laid down flat subsequent:
I respect the decision of disqualification. In frustration destroyed the I a few greens, which I apologize for, and I have told my colleagues that it will never happen again.
throughout her career, Garcia has been known for his temper and sometimes bad behavior. Track on family life and Masters victory in 2017 would have immediately rounded some edges.
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Despite the apology, he risks a sequel with fine and quarantined.
six years ago was Simon Dyson disqualified from BMW Masters, received a fine of 30,000 pounds and got a two-month quarantine because he had directed the brands from golfskoens spikes up on the green, which at that time was not allowed.
Verdensranglistens number three, Dustin Johnson, was another superstar, who thanked yes to saudi oil money for a rare visit on the European Tour. Simultaneously he took care of the bulk of the total prize pool of 3.5 million dollars with a victory two strokes in front of the chinese Haotong Li.
Joachim B. Hansen performed as the only dane to the cut and was a shared number 24.
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