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Sergio Garcia and Matt Kuchar release joint video addressing their WGC-Match Play controversy

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Apr 2, 2019

On Tuesday, while at Austin GC, Sergio Garcia and Matt Kuchar released a joint video in which the pair put to bed the controversy surrounding their match at the WGC-Match Play over the weekend.

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It was nice to run into Matt Kuchar at Austin Golf Club today. A lot has been said about Saturday and most has been misconstrued. We’re all good here. Nothing but respect for each other and it’s time to move on. . . Ha estado bien encontrarme a Matt en el Club de Golf de Austin. Mucho se ha escrito y hablado sobre lo que ocurrió el sábado y la mayoría de ello ha sido malinterpretado. Hay mucho respeto mutuo y el tema está zanjado.

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The video, which Sergio Garcia uploaded to his social media accounts, begins with Kuchar explaining how he feels the aftermath of the incident is “incorrect, wrong, and shouldn’t happen” before he heaps praise on the Spaniard for how he handled the situation while then giving his take on the incident.

“I want to tell you, Sergio handled the thing extremely well. When he missed the putt, we came off seven and he said, ‘You know what, I missed it. It’s your hole.’ I told him how bad I felt, didn’t feel right at all (and I) never want to win on a technicality.”

On Saturday, during his post-round interview at the WGC-Match Play, the American stated that Garcia had asked him to concede a hole to make things fair after the incident had occurred; to which Kuchar said he wasn’t comfortable doing. But in the video released Monday, Kuchar explained how Garcia never said he should concede a hole, and how the Spaniard only offered suggestions on how to play out the situation.

For his part, Garcia took accountability for his error during the match saying

“I know I made a mistake on 7 and, you know, didn’t give (Kuchar) time to say ‘that’s good,’ even though, obviously, we all know in our minds that it was good because it was a short putt. But at the end of the day, I made a mistake and he unfortunately didn’t know how to make up for what happened. But it’s all good. We’re all good.”

Ending the video, Kuchar says “no shade needs to be thrown in that direction at all,” while Garcia added that “he played better than me and beat me, and it’s as simple as that.”

Both Matt Kuchar and Sergio Garcia will next tee it up at the Masters which begins on April 11.

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8 Comments

HDTVMAN

Apr 7, 2019 at 12:06 pm

They both need to take a break, come down to earth by getting real jobs for a week…Go to Dairy Queen in Augusta and work behind the counter. They might even get to serve Phil!

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greg mcneill

Apr 4, 2019 at 11:22 am

They both needed to do this. Their reps have taken a beating lately, with CaddieGate for Matt and GreensGate for Sergio. Competitors compete and sometimes it spills over in poor sportsmanship. But I don’t for a minute believe that, off the record and among their inner circle, each doesn’t think the other a prick for how this was handled. Both were in the wrong- Sergio for blaming Matt for his own idiocy and Matt for going straight to a rules official about it when he simply could have said he had conceded it before the putt. Does anyone really believe that the rules official would have said “Well, I didn’t hear you concede it so it’s not effective?” Of course not. Matt was hiding behind the rules official. Was he within his rights? Of course. Was it in the spirit of the game? Of course not.

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Scoring

Apr 3, 2019 at 2:29 pm

They are downplaying that Sergio asked him to give him a makeup hole. No smooth talking can make that go away.

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M

Apr 2, 2019 at 7:42 pm

Sergio mate:
You’re a Masters champ. Have you forgotten. How do you forget.
Your behaviour is never appropriate anytime. But it’s doubly inappropriate coming from a Champion.
These after-the-fact stuff is meaningless when you can’t even behave properly in the first place.
What is wrong with you.

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Thunder Bear

Apr 2, 2019 at 11:11 am

I’m gonna be honest. A little bad blood would make golf more fun. I like the aggression and competitiveness. And everyone doesn’t have to like each other. I’m in the minority on this but the heated exchange was awesome.

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Midwest Blade

Apr 2, 2019 at 10:19 am

Forgot to add, good on for Matt and Sergio to have a come back. Let’s get back to the game.

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Midwest Blade

Apr 2, 2019 at 10:16 am

Time to put this story out to pasture. Poorly handled by the press and announcers looking to create a story, the US/Euro thing was all over this thing, shame on all for perpetuating this unfortunate move. Similar incident at the Solheim just about shattered Suzanne Peterson. It’s only golf.

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Jordan

Apr 2, 2019 at 9:35 am

Jesus. Slow news day.

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