ESPN star calls for 2017 Masters winner to have his lifetime exemption removed after meltdown

ESPN prima Mike Greenberg called for Sergio Garcia’s beingness exemption into the Masters Tournament to beryllium pulled aft his antics connected the people successful the last circular connected Sunday.

Garcia received a codification of behaviour informing aft helium smashed his operator successful vexation astatine Augusta National. He slammed his nine into the turf doubly aft hitting a changeable that ended up successful the bunker. Then helium took a swipe astatine a array with a greenish cooler connected it.

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ESPN property Mike Greenberg is interviewed connected vigor enactment astatine the George R. Brown Convention Center successful Houston, Texas, connected Feb. 1, 2017, up of Super Bowl LI. (Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sports)

Greenberg seemingly saw Garcia’s choler arsenic a detrimental issue.

"A beingness exemption is simply a privilege extended by Augusta to its champions retired of respect," helium wrote connected X. "If that respect is not reciprocated, determination is nary instrumentality that says a past champ cannot beryllium banned.

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Sergio Garcia lines up a putt connected the 2nd greenish during the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga., connected Apr. 9, 2026. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

"I’m not definite they should person Sergio Garcia backmost aft the garbage helium pulled today."

Garcia, who competes successful LIV Golf, won the Masters successful 2017. It is his lone large triumph of his career. Since winning successful 2017, helium lone made the chopped for the last 2 rounds once. The feat came astatine this year’s tournament. He finished 52nd successful the field.

Sergio Garcia plays his changeable connected the seventeenth spread during the 2nd circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Ga., connected April 10, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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He joined LIV Golf successful 2022 arsenic helium was among the PGA Tour stars who near the organization. He has 2 wins successful the bid – astatine LIV Golf Andalucía successful 2024 and LIV Golf Hong Kong successful 2025. He played his mode into a playoff 4 times, lone winning the Andalucía event.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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