A "hacker" is in golf the name for a bad player, just for one who moves more hacking across the square, as the ball with elegant momentum to promote hole.
Sergio Garcia has a wonderful golf swing, he is anything but a hacker. The Spaniard, 39, has won 34 tournaments in his career, including the Masters 2017 in Augusta. No player in history has earned more points in the Ryder Cup than he has.
If such a good player hacks, then by intention. That's exactly what happened at a golf tournament in Saudi Arabia. Garcia played his third tournament round on Saturday and was not satisfied with his performance. He left his anger at the place. Even worse: on some greens, the very short mown areas around the hole, where the ball is played on the floor in the hole and unevennesses have devastating effects.
Some of the groups behind Garcia pointed the organizer to the damaged greens. The European Tour hosting the tournament disqualified Garcia for "serious misconduct". According to Golf Rule 1.2a, every player is obliged to keep the course in good condition and to do it "no unnecessary damage".
Garcia, who is said to have received over 570,000 euro in the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club for his appearance at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, said afterwards: "I damaged some greens out of frustration, for which I apologize and I have my teammates informed that this will never happen again. "
But it may well be that the matter for Garcia is not over yet with this apology. For similar offenses, other cases have seen heavy fines in the past, and sometimes even suspension.