Sergio Garcia annoyed Tiger Woods for over a decade, but never took his crown
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2022
- Sergio Garcia once seemed like he might be a legitimate rival to Tiger Woods, like he might actually snatch a title or two off golf's biggest superstar. It didn't happen that way, and the more Sergio fell short, the more irritated ... and irritating ... he got. This beef included a lot of whining, some fun final rounds of golf, and one very spicy Tweety Bird reference, but then Garcia took it way too far.
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Correction: many of these golfers made more money BECAUSE of Tiger Woods. He drove viewership and purses up. Ask any PGA Tour Pro.
I remember when Tiger Woods thing with his wife happened, SNL had a running gag one episode about the PGA had sponsors dropping like flies until they were sponsored by like the letter H like they were Sesame Street
The total purse of the 1995 (the year before Tiger turned pro) Players Championship was $3M . This year’s purse was $20M with $3.6M going to the winner alone. THAT’S the Tiger effect.
Justin rose made a comment that said "because of tiger, we all live in bigger homes and drive nicer cars" lol
oh god that is not even debatable - every plane / yacht , sportscar , toys those guys have - each owes a little bit of it to T. Woods
Kek
Yoooooo we got Golf Beef!
everybody get in here! 🔊
Geef? Belf?
Hardly
Still not as beefy as Shooter Mcgavin vs Happy Gilmore. That was green fed beef
Bolf Geef
Damn, imagine being so skilled at something, yet an all time great is doing the same and all you can do is annoy him cause you have no shot at surpassing him.
So like the Jazz vs. Jordan’s Bulls
So basically everyone in the 90's with the Jordan's bulls
@@kingjayded4752 the difference is Jordan was true to himself everyone knew he was a bully and his will to win came before everything including relationships with front office teammates etc Tiger built up a false image of a super nice amicable guy that just wants to play golf whereas the truth is he wasn't much different from Jordan and it came out eventually
that's like an entire subgenre of beef history tbh
Gotta be tough, no doubt, but the tour earnings and sponsorship deals probably soften the blow.
I remember those years when Sergio would regrip his club about 27 times before swinging. He was so caught in his own head and you could literally see it on TV.
I remember that. He would address the ball for like 40 seconds before swinging
Total DB and know he did it on purpose.
It was maddening! I couldn't watch him. He's better today, thank God.
that was in 2002 - he was really struggling mentally at that point - Sergio is one of the best ball strikers of all time - he was always able to hit it with the absolute best - he does not putt well - and quite honestly is a mental midget . During that time he had gotten pretty mechanical instead of just seeing the shot , and hitting it. He had a real problem there - that would have ended the careers of other people he got help from sports psychologists or he would have been done
"Caught in his own head" is the scouting report on Sergio. He could never figure out how to putt which is all down to mental strength.
Woods during his peak was a relentless winning machine. His mindset is what separated him from the rest. He clearly lived in the majority of other golfers heads, instead of playing the course they were playing the man. That was never going to end well. No coincidence the older pros who won during Tigers peak were self assured and experienced with their own game.
Woods though never succeeded in team events as he should have with his talent. His Ryder Cup record is ridiculously bad for a player of his caliber.
@@peterhammer4644 The only blessing with golf is the field is open. No age limit, no size limit. Anyone who feels he can compete with his record can enter and show the world how the game is played!
@@peterhammer4644 it is not that altogether surprising - first he was the most hunted in those events . 2nd) especially in the early years he was never really someone who could have or be a good partner . I think if he were healthy and viable -he would do very well with Justin Thomas but that will probably not going to happen - I do not think his health is going to last long term - just too many serious injuries - to overcome combined.
@@peterhammer4644 Golf in general is not a team event, with a few exceptions.
@@rwhclo I was referring to Ryder Cup, which is a team event.
Imagine how many Tiger would have won if he remembered to lock his cellphone
Lol
Hey, it's Tiger
👏👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣well done
Heartbreaking
Or stopped abusing painkillers, for that matter. Heck, even getting someone to drive his own car for him probably could have netted him one more tournament win.
Based on how often the narrative was Tiger versus Sergio, I was shocked when I learned Garcia only won one major in his entire career. There was beef, but it turns out there wasn't a rivalry.
it's like the Sharapova vs. Serena thing. Media kept trying to push the narrative that there was a rivalry. anyone with even a mild passing interest in tennis would know that it was more a hilarious beatdown than a rivalry
granted i know that Sharapova has accomplished a lot more than Sergio but she's still one of the most overrated players of all time
I think the narrative exaggerates the 'beef' and rivalry. They all tried their best but knew who was the real king of the hill.
A rivalry needs to be competitive. There is none here, and Sergio grew up on the Country Club circuit. Tiger handed Sergio his ass, and Sergio eventually resorted to racist tropes. No rivalry just one sided beatdowns.
@@keithadams7880 you're going to get downvoted by the snowflakes all over youtube who can't handle the truths about everything you wrote
@@skippythealien9627 Maria was good, but she definitely benefited from her looks like Danica Patrick.
This felt like the golf version of lebron vs lance beef history
had the same thought! shades of Serena vs. Sharapova, too -seth
After seeing this comment, I want Lance to try pro golf
It does like I’ve never heard of this other human being, or any tiger woods rival for that matter. I always thought Tigers biggest beef was with himself ( his inner demons), and the racism in golf at the time. The best thing Tiger could’ve done was never acknowledge his rivals. Don’t give them the time or attention. Just beat ‘em and let the champagne drown out the noise.
He's not quite Lance, Garcia was a big name in golf, especially in Europe where the Ryder Cup is really valued highly.
Garcia is somewhere between Lance and Maria S.
@@kolbemaddox1033 exactly
Love the golf beef, and this makes me sad that the new generation of golf fans won’t understand just how amazing Tiger was during his prime. They will may remember him as a beat up golfer with personal challenges.
I don't think anyone will ever doubt Tiger's greatness.
I'm part of the new generation (I was born in 2004), but I know how amazing Tiger was. From his 15-stroke victory at Pebble to his 2008 playoff at the US Open to the 2019 Master's victory.
Tiger Woods is the GOAT
Doesn't make me sad bc he is such a schmuck
Are there young golf fans? ⛳ seriously I am asking because I started as a fan of MLB, NBA, NCAA SPORTS, but now only NFL really gets my attention.
@@tad1980 you too loser. 😂
I think the 2019 Masters put all that “old struggling golfer” to bed
Didn’t even make it to the beef history title and gotta comment that opening three-way photo and the shift in perspective to the overshadowed person is absolutely brilliant editing. That zoom to Maria hit hard. Well done!
Beef history: Billy Martin vs George Steinbrenner
Collapse: how the fo-fi-fo 76ers fumbled the bag on a dynasty after playoff domination
Collapse: how the Buffalo bills failure to win 4 straight Super Bowls led to nearly two decades of failure
Collapse: how Arsenal went from mighty English club to middle of the pack
Rewinder: 2006 World Cup final
Rewinder: 2010 World Cup final
Untitled: Ted Williams
Untitled: Johan Cruyff never winning a World Cup
Collapse: how the 1970s Philadelphia flyers fell into mediocrity after years of contention
Untitled: pavel Bure
Beef history: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
A Stan Kroenke Story: How Arsenal went from mighty English club to middle of the pack
I think they did the Bills one but the others would be great
I would find both the Billy Martin-George Steinbrenner beef and the Collapse of the 76ers to be two interesting sports sagas to cover.
Still want to see a collapse on the Seattle Seahawks. Although the Bills one sounds great.
Oh man I would love love love an Arsenal collapse or a 2010 world cup final rewind, all of your ideas are literally bangers bro
I still have no clue how golfers in the 90's played with those GIGANTIC SLEEVES
your profile pic 🤣 i still want to know the story on why he’s making that face lol
Rivalry? Sergio has 11 PGA wins, Tiger won 9 in one year and 82 total. Sergio should be thanking Tiger he gets to make such a good living.
That's why it's called "Beef History" and not "Rivalry History."
@@jopalm3649, still...not much of a beef if Sergio never backed it up ever.
@@styner3 - The 82, or course, is just being a phenom. But to have won 11 golf tournaments and how much that means in practice and self control, I am still wayyyy impressed.
@@styner3 Rivalry requires backing up. Beef does not. That's why so many clowns in the NBA have beef with Lebron, for instance, but none of them were ever his rivals.
This felt like a one sided beef, Tiger just wanted to play golf but had to deal with the antics of Garcia
Tiger just wanted to play the field
Tiger only dislikes antics when other people do them. He was mad at the exact same behavior he embodied in that era of golf, he just felt entitled about it and got mad about Sergio following in his footsteps.
@@carsonc3314 lol
@@thekillers1stfan Wait whaat? Sergio following in Tigers footsteps? Not even close dude not even close. 🤦
Well put... Tiger lived in his head while not even trying to. Sergio shoulda focused more on the golf then his dumbass course and off course antics that tiger didn't even bother acknowledging. Sergio was down bad lol.
I could care less for golf but love the storytelling on this channel.
so you're tellin me you at least like golf a little bit :)
@@GotDamBoi ok, a little bit - appreciate the skill
My favourite version of this sort of situation is when Andy Roddick spoke about his rivalry with Roger Federer. When asked about it, Federer said that he didn't know there was a rivalry. Ouch 😳
When they were young on tour, golf was still stuffy and considered a rich-white collar sport. People weren’t used to seeing aggressive golfers with huge fan bases. It’s a far different spectator nowadays. The game has relaxed so much and opened up. It was just different back then. Tiger was so exciting to watch every weekend back then. That’s why people still turn out to watch him play. You never know when that Tiger magic will reappear.
Thank you for emphasizing Laszlo Cseh. Such an underrated swimmer
I don't know about Sergio's state of mind at that game but for an ordinary person like me, beating tiger woods in golf is a story I will never get tired telling anyone
Can’t wait till Simmons vs. the City of Philadelphia drops
We need an F1 Beef History between Hamilton and Rosberg
Give it 5 years and it’ll be Hamilton-verstappen too
@@TheLufc85 true, was gonna say that but it's too soon
If we’re doing motorsport beef
Hamilton vs Rosberg/Alonso
Alonso vs Honda lmao
Senna vs Prost
HIll vs Schumacher
Vettel vs Webber
Mansell vs Piquet
Piquet vs Senna
Rossi vs Biaggi/Gibernau
Marquez vs Rossi
Stoner vs Rossi
@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 maybe it needs its own series hahaha. I'd watch all these
@@TheAtaraxy There’s so many topics in motorsports that SB could hopefully cover one day from the giltz and glamour of F1 and MotoGP to the legendary races of Le Mans and Indy500 to the crazy legends who does IOM TT or pikes peak
Their rivalry was essentially over when Sergio wore all yellow that time and Tiger texted his friend about beating the hell out of Tweety Bird. No one can recover from that kind of a slight.
Vijay, Phil, maybe Ernie Els were the only semi rivals if you could call it that, for Tiger. Vijay especially was underrated and slept on.
Sergio finally won the 2017 Masters…only for Tiger to come back and win it in 2019!
Well if there was one major for Tiger to come back with, the Masters was always going to be the most likely
Tiger Woods did not play in the 2017.
Imagine he won one year sooner 😂 and had Sergio drape the jacket on him lol
Sergio should of never rebuilt his swing. Guys on tour saw Tiger break his own swing down and come back. I think this set a dangerous precedent for guys that we’re trying to catch him. Sergio wasted a number of his prime years just learning how to hit the ball again.
Its typical really of people like him. If his passion for success equaled how jealous and racist he was then maybe he could have won 2 majors - hahahaha
Sergio has a major flaw that wouldn't last the test of time and need worked out. He went on to become one of the best ball strikers ever. His putter is what has cost him...
I would love if you guys tapped into the world of Motorsport and did an episode of Beef History on former F1 teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s rivalry
Man I was hoping that this would one day be chronicled in this series. Thanks for this SB!
Du miese Pfeife
Sergio was that Skeeter that would fly on you in the summer.....and Tiger would just flick him off his shoulder or arm....like nothing. Sergio, didn't even compare to Tiger's skill set. Any true golf fan who watched during Tiger's reign would agree.
none of them would have earned more without tiger. He brought the eyes and the advertising dollars to golf like never before
They actually made money because of Tiger though. His popularity increased the winner's purse enough to compensate.
If baseball players can hit an erratically moving target coming in at 90+mph with a screaming crowd, golfers can hit a stationary ball with a bit of talking.
Moral of the story: Leave it to a Spaniard named Sergio to cause drama in a sport! 🏌️♂️⚽️
Great video but I watched these guys starting back with Tiger's win at Augusta '97 and I never once thought Sergio was a threat to TW's dominance.
"I am comfortable in my relationship with fried chicken" was one of my favorite quotes to come from Michael Smith to come from all this.
The fried chicken stuff was literally just dumb locker room jokes. Tiger is the only one who turned it into a big deal because he wanted everyone to give him attention.
@@thekillers1stfanare you seriously ignoring the racial connotation of a fried chicken joke?
The narrative makes golf seem like a one-on-one game but that is rarely the case. Golfers play courses against a field of players not a single person. Sergio was one of the best and still a top pro today but truth is NOBODY came close to Tiger in his prime.
I was thinking to myself, "Damn, why Seth roast Sergio so hard for that yellow outfit?" Then it got to the "fried chicken" quote and I was like, "Oooooooooh, okay. I get it now."
I am diggin' the foray into less traditionally beef-prone sport!
Excellent story about an amazing time in golf.
This was one of my favorite beef histories
At least Sergio finally won the Masters in 2017
Two year celebrations cancelled in 2019... by you know who...
As a huge golf nerd, I love this topic! Great video SB!
None of them would have made more money without Tiger Wooods. They would have had more victories, but they would have never made as much money.
I knew guys like Sergio Garcia, talented, everything goes right for you in life, until you meet a guy this a thousand times better in every which way. It never works out for the other guy 😂
The only reason I ever watched anything related to golf or ever will.
Not golf-related, but I'd love to see a Rewinder of Robert Horry's dagger 3 against the Pistons in Game 5 of the '05 NBA Finals. One of the more underrated/not-as-talked-about moments in recent basketball history.
I miss when it was Tiger v. The Field
I remember back in 07 I think, Vegas had betting odds for exactly that. When Woods competed in PGA events that year he won about 40% of them. Just absurd to think about
Do a Beef History on F1!! Rosberg vs Hamilton
Just got into golf, so any golf content is good content 😀
Hey SB Nation, huge fan of your content for years now! If I could suggest some future videos:
Beef History: Colts vs. Patriots, Steelers vs. Ravens, Rangers vs. Islanders or Devils, I'd say Dodgers vs. Braves is starting to heat up now that Freeman switched teams
Rewinder: Philly Special, Suns WCF game winner (I forgot who scored it, I think it was Deandrye Ayton)
Collapse: Seahawks (I've got a feeling the channel is already making that video) | "How the '85 Bears shuffled away countless opportunities to build a dynasty" | the 2015 Royals "How baseball's strangest champions were destroyed in record time" | "How a Spurs dynasty that lasted decades has begun to crumble" | "How the Chicago Blackhawks fell from the NHL's modern dynasty into a dark, horrifying scandal"
Another series idea I have is "Champions are Made, not Born", where you could examine how teams that spent years being awful were built into champions, showcasing the drafting, trades, and free agent signings needed to build the club into winners. The rams this year are a strong example of that.
wow look at all of these mediocre ideas
@@joshgobble Chicago fan?
Literally just finished the Dave stieb saga.
Great video. It is hard to believe that I live in a universe where people actually considered Sergio to be a legit threat to Tiger. While Tiger was in the middle of the Slam. WOW.
Golf beef? I am here for it, thank you Secret Base
FINALLY GOLF BEEF!!!!!!!
Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington had major beef as well. All squashed now of course but for 15+ years those guys hated each other
Wasn't 2013 at Sawgrass the tournament when Sergio hit two in the water on 17 while tied for the lead with Tiger?
Most polite beef ever lol
One think I think was neglected - before the Masters, Sergio’s biggest win was the ‘08 Players…. Which Tiger missed due to injury.
12:00 Tiger was in a bad zone and everyone was looking at Tiger. When he pull the wood it was going to be a tricky shot and thats why they reacted. It wasnt Tigers fault and it wasnt just Tiger putting out a club
OMG he pulled out a club and he caused me to lose the tournament (where I put 3 balls in the water on that cursed par 3).
0:45 Happy to see Mike Weir show up, the most forgotten Masters winner.
Does anyone know the piano piece that is playing in the background of the first few minutes of the video? Great video as always!
Great video! Need more golf beef
Still perplexes me that people can actually be good at golf.
I played golf today, I can assure you it perplexes me too
Why?
@@DSQueenie because it’s hard as shyt😭 this is coming from a hooper
The "glare" at 2:19 was more than a glare, he was copying Tiger's famous fist punch toward the direction of Tiger.
Sergio took so many practice swings that after a while people started counting out loud. It was funny as hell, hit the f-ing ball already!
Noonan
Can't honestly blame Sergio that much, but dude should've won more
Seth we need a Rewinder on a famous golf moment there’s never been one. Tiger, Phil, Payne Stewart all have some good moments.
I love how they keep to the norm. As in you need to know about the sport and the intricacies of how normal game play works. I know no friends that could tell me what stroke play is vs skins vs four ball etc. Let alone knowing what, "he was two strokes down going into Sunday" means. Some people need to get on their golf jargon hard core.
This was great. I'm surprised by this. As a kid who grew up playing the game Segio Garcia was my favorite golfer and still one of my all-time favorites.
What’s wrong with your childhood?!
@@ZacBLive it didnt involved idolizing a womanizer?
@@adolfocoy7516 I was kidding. I didn’t even mention anyone else. Where did the womanizer thing come from?
@@ZacBLive thats the reason why he lost his mojo. Hus wife found out he had affairs with over 12 women
@@adolfocoy7516 so? What are you talking about.
Tiger would’ve easily broken pretty much every golf record in terms of wins if his body held up. 8 majors in 3 years then only 7 wins over the next 20.
Wait, a bird interfered with their shot on the 13th hole? Is this commonplace or just par for the course
Tiger Woods was unique, he beat everyone by a double-digit margin. I remember players were playing for second place
Thank you for this vid. Els and Singh were the second cuts' best. Tiger was just too good.
I always felt like Tiger's true rival (other than himself) was Phil. And they seemed to dislike each other, as well. But it seemed like they were more outwardly respectful of each other than Tiger and Sergio.
The good news: Sergio is off our tour, and hopefully more to come.
the 10 first seconds, feel so sorry for all these athletes still on the grind
that photo of a really young Sergio with Tiger gives me Baby Mario vibes lol
I remember some of this beef even though I've never really followed golf. Maybe it's because of that, but it felt easy to take Tiger's side.
Can we get a Shooter McGavin vs Happy Gilmore beef video?
Definetly deserves more likes. Good video.
Damn, it's a shame Sergio had to go and make the fried chicken comment, cause he was the fun kind of annoying until then. But even with the context of race being treated differently in Spain, there's no way he didn't know why that was messed up to say, especially after it had already been thrown at Tiger once.
"the context of race being treated differently in Spain" : they kind of invented transatlantic slavery ?!!!!
@@720zaka Oh for sure, but most of Europe has the situation that they don't actually have many POC, and especially not many black people, specifically because their empires were where they sent slaves, so race is less prevalent in the public conscience, however unfortunate that is.
@@jordanfry5138 nah. They do. And they're very racist about it ;)
@@jordanfry5138 Europeans are racist on a level that would make the American south blush
I cant wait for the Brian Flores vs the NFL Beef History
I thought the prime time match play was a cool concept
Sergio let too many major championship Sundays get away from him. Honestly did have the talent but nowhere near as strong as Tiger where it mattered most: between the ears.
Well said.
Sergio’s laugh face is exactly like Tom Cruise’s
Nah, more like Tweety Bird
this is so tame compared to beef in other sports
Tiger Woods spent 13 YEARS (over 680 weeks) at number one including a consecutive stretch of over 5 YEARS. He missed eleven (10+1) cuts in 25ish years as a pro. Sergio who???
just going to remind you that he's made millions hitting a round ball into a hole, and you're here on RUclips.
as a huge golfer that loves your other content. THIS IS GREAT!!
Golf snobs being snobs anytime someone shows some enthusiasm. I love how even 20 years later Tiger’s loss to Sergio is defended by a random RUclips channel. That is next level pettiness right there.
Interestingly, though not noted, was that at Bethpage in 2002, Tiger actually got the worst end of the draw on the first two days scoring/condition wise which made Garcia's whining that much more ridiculous.
Can we please get Vernon Maxwell vs the Utah fans?
If you ever do a series about players/teams choking (you can call it "Choke"), Greg Norman can be Episode One.
Sir.. Please take my plus one for this request.
There’s actually a 30 for 30 episode coming out this weekend about Greg Norman choking at the masters
Choke-ee-o Garcia was never a big enough of a challenger for Woods to even be concerned about him. You have to challenge the greatest to be a threat and Garcia never was consistent enough to ever consistently challenge Woods.
Now we need Bryson vs Brooks
need a beef history of jason belmonte and sean rash. bowling beef hits different
two of my favorite golfers.
So true about the also rans. I tell people all the time, think about all the phenomenal teams, QB's and coaches that came and went while Brady, Belichick and the Pats were winning a Super Bowl every 3 years on average and at least going to it almost every other year on average. It might even be tragic if they weren't getting paid tons of money to lose lol.
Could we get a one off f1 hamilton vs rosberg beef history?
Sergio had the nerve to poke the Tiger during his prime. And he paid dearly.
Golf beef? Im here for it
Been waiting for this one
It’s criminal how phenomenal these guys were, especially Phil & Vijay but just being overshadowed by Tiger’s stupid greatness