Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and How Winning Is Always More Boring Than Imploding

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Published: May 13, 2013

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Tiger Woods walked up to the 17th tee at the TPC at Sawgrass on Sunday, tied for the lead at The Players Championship with Sergio Garcia after both birdied the previous hole. He placed his ball on the tee and calmly smacked it into the heart of the island green, safe and dry.

Woods two-putted the 17th and the 18th to win his second Players Championship—the 78th victory in his 300th career start. It was the fourth victory in seven starts this season for Woods, who is clearly the favorite heading into the U.S. Open. 

Booooooring. 

When Garcia stepped up to the 17th tee in the final pairing, tied for the lead with two holes to play, something clicked in his brain. Something only Sergio might think to do in that situation: He decided to go at the pin.

Drink.

That's where Garcia's ball landed: in the drink. Needing to stick his re-tee lest he fall even further back from Woods heading into the final hole of the tournament, Garcia had no choice but to aim for the pin again.

Drink. Again.

Garcia put two balls in the water on 17 in epic Tin Cup fashion before finally landing one on the green, two-putting for his quadruple-bogey on the par-three and moving to the 18th, where, yes, he duck-hooked his drive into the water.

Drink, drank, drunk.



Woods winning the tournament will be the lasting story of the 40th Players Championship, but Garcia's implosion—from tied with Woods on the 17th at 13-under to finishing at seven-under in a seven-way tie for eighth place—is just as much a part of why we love to watch these guys play. 

The old slogan for the PGA Tour is "These Guys are Good," which they surely are on most occasions. When they're not, especially when it's as brazenly and fabulously wet as Garcia was on Sunday, things can be a whole lot more interesting.

 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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