Sergio Garcia breaks his silence after screaming at officials at West Lancs in qualifying

Sergio Garcia breaks his silence after screaming at officials at West Lancs in qualifying

Sergio Garcia was forced to wait for a long time on the eighth T during his open qualifying round leading to additional Marshals being assigned to his group the r and a had to step up their game with extra Marshals at Sergio Garcia’s opening round of open qualifying following live golf star Sergio Garcia’s concerns over crowd control issues Garcia once again finds himself in the throws of op qualifying for the second consecutive year faced at a challenging start at West Lancashire Golf Club the Spaniard whose ranking has been slipping in the OB was determined to make a solid impression during the 36 hole qualifier but encountered some hurdles early on tensions frayed when he was handed a Time Warning by officials leading to Garcia snapping back and maintaining that the course conditions and the heavy fan presence was making it tough to go quickly the former Masters winner drew a significant crowd on Mery side with throngs of fans tracking his every move yet this attention soon turned problematic for the Fireballs Captain Garcia was caught up in a notable delay on the eighth T which led to his Drive Landing in a tricky position on the left subsequently his group received a slow play warning a decision Garcia found to be unwarranted he pointed the finger at the inadequate crowd management as the root of their sluggish Pace venting to an official it needs controlling better making no secret of his frustration despite a rocky start and finishing the front 91 overpar Garcia bounced back impressively carding three under on the back nine to sit too under at the midpoint of the competition this isn’t Garcia’s first rodeo with large audiences at the qualifiers he witnessed a similar scene last summer at the same venue