Garcia outburst proves need for him to take stock

FOR anyone wondering why Sergio Garcia has decided to take a two-month break from golf after this week’s USPGA Championship, it should become abundantly clear by checking out his latest gift to the world of YouTube.

Already on the back foot during a difficult opening round at Whistling Straits, the Spaniard blew his top in a greenside bunker after a poor shot out of the sand. And the sand paid the price.

Like Basil Fawlty taking a branch to his beleaguered Austin estate car and giving it a “damn good thrashing”, Garcia took his wedge and administered a sound beating to the bunker, giving it five strong whacks in a startling loss of composure on the way to a bogey.