England: Sergio Garcia was so upset by the furore caused by his "fried chicken" jibe at Tiger Woods that he contemplated pulling out of this week's PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Spaniard said on Wednesday.
World number 14 Garcia added that his comment, made at the European Tour's Player of the Year awards on Tuesday, was "stupid and out of place" and he regretted it the moment he said it.
He also said he had spoken to the heads of the European Tour and U.S. PGA Tour, that they had accepted his apology and there would no punishment for his comment.
Woods and Garcia fell out after an incident at the Players Championship in Florida this month when the Spaniard said he was put off after the American pulled a club out of his bag while he was at the top of his backswing....
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09:45 PM, May 22, 2013
Virginia Water: Sergio Garcia's feud with Tiger Woods has deepened, with the Spaniard denying accusations of racism after "fried chicken" comments during an awards dinner. Garcia appeared on stage at the European Tour's awards dinner in England on Tuesday and was asked in jest if he would invite Woods to dinner during the U.S. Open. News reports said Garcia replied: "We will have him round every night. We will serve...
12:13 PM, May 22, 2013
Florida: Tiger Woods finally made another birdie and finished off the third round with a 1-under 71, putting him in a three-way tie for the lead with Sergio Garcia and David Lingmerth in The Players Championship. Woods and Garcia will each walk the fairways of the TPC Sawgrass with someone else on Sunday afternoon. Lingmerth bogeyed the 18th for a 69 to finish on 11-under 205. Woods had four holes...
06:11 PM, May 12, 2013
Barcelona: Deportivo La Coruna rolled to a 4-0 victory at Levante to provisionally escape the Spanish league's relegation zone for the first time in 18 weeks after their fourth consecutive win on Saturday. Also, Malaga forward Julio Baptista struck in injury time to grab a 1-0 win over visiting Osasuna four days after the Costa del Sol side was eliminated from the Champions League quarter-finals. Sergio Garcia's last-gasp equalizer secured...
10:25 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Kaymer has a good record in the Middle East having won the Abu Dhabi Championship three times. ...
06:57 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Barcelona: Real Madrid's woes in the Spanish league worsened on Sunday when they were held to a 2-2 home draw by relegation-threatened Espanyol. Madrid appeared set to record their seventh straight home win in the league after Cristiano Ronaldo scored to cancel out Sergio Garcia's opener before setting up Fabio Coentrao to put Madrid up after halftime. But Espanyol substitute forward Juan Albin scored from of a poorly defended corner...
02:32 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Greensboro: Rainy weather left Sergio Garcia stuck in central North Carolina for an extra day. Turns out, it was worth the hassle " because he's leaving with his first PGA Tour victory in four years. Garcia claimed a two-stroke win Monday in the water-logged Wyndham Championship for his first victory on tour since the 2008 Players Championship. He finished with a 66 to wind up at 18-under 262, claim $936,000...
09:15 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Greensboro: It's been four years since Sergio Garcia's last PGA Tour victory. He'll have to wait one more day before he can try to finish this one off. And a downpour at the Wyndham Championship meant another day of uncertainty for others on the playoff bubble. Garcia had the lead at 15 under through four holes Sunday when the final round in the last event before the FedEx Cup playoffs...
08:30 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Greensboro: No lead is ever really safe at birdie-friendly Sedgefield Country Club. The last time Sergio Garcia played here, he learned that the hard way. Garcia shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead at 14-under 196 after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship. It's a familiar spot for the Spaniard, who shared the third-round lead in 2009 but wound up finishing fourth after falling a stroke shy...
08:21 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Harrington, winner of three of the last six majors, lost by a hole to Pat Perez. ...
08:07 PM, Feb 26, 2009
Karachi: Pakistan's former Test captain Mohammad Yousuf has hit out at the Cricket Board for not letting him play in the ongoing President's Trophy first-class tournament despite domestic performance being a pre-requisite for national selection. The 38-year-old said the PCB had been sitting on a request by the Port Qasim Authority team to allow them to include him in their squad for the President's Trophy. "I don't understand the attitude...
10:40 PM, Jul 16, 2008
