Tiger Woods: Did Feud with Sergio Garcia Fuel Victory at Players Championship?

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Published: May 13, 2013

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Tiger Woods may have had some added incentive to beat Sergio Garcia on Sunday at the Players Championship.

Woods does not like being accused of being anything less than a consummate professional on the golf course, especially in front of the media and golf fans.

Referring to his pairing with Woods in the third round on Saturday, according to Cindy Boren of the Washington Post, Garcia made this comment to the media about playing with Woods:

“I’m not going to lie, he’s not my favorite guy to play with. He’s not the nicest guy on tour.”

Woods used Sergio’s comments on Saturday as more fuel to fire his already insatiable appetite for another big win.

An issue arose on the second hole early in the third round on Saturday. Garcia hit his drive into the middle of the fairway on the par-5, while Woods pulled his drive far left into the trees.

As Woods chose a fairway wood from his bag the crowd surrounding him cheered his aggressive play from the trees.

Their cheer coincided with Garcia’s backswing. He came up and out of the shot and pushed it badly into the trees on the right side of the fairway. Clearly displeased, he immediately turned and glared at Woods.

During a weather delay on Saturday, Garcia had this to say on NBC concerning his missed shot on No. 2:

“He (Woods) moved all of the crowd that he needed to move, I waited for that. I wouldn’t say that he didn’t see that I was ready, but you have to feel when the other guy is going to hit and right as I was in the top of my backswing, I think he must have pulled a 5-wood or a 3-wood and obviously everybody started screaming. So that didn’t help very much.”

This is yet another incident in the continuing saga of the Woods/Garcia rivalry. Woods and Garcia have been paired together five times and except for the made for television &ldq...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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