MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 6, 2023

Sergio Garcia

Quick Quotes

Q. Talk about the day if you would.

SERGIO GARCIA: I don't know. Obviously started nicely, but I don't know, I hit some good tee shots on the front nine. I hit a couple not so great iron shots. I hit a couple really good iron shots.

I don't know. Battling mentally a little bit. I was trying everything I could to do the best I could, and unfortunately the wheels started coming off a bit on the back nine.

Q. How normal did it feel coming back here and playing and concentrating on your game?

SERGIO GARCIA: Totally normal. You guys need to stop it. You guys are making a big deal out of this, and it's you guys.

Q. No, it's not.

SERGIO GARCIA: Yes, it is. I've had nothing but great things from every single player I talk to. So please stop it and talk about the Masters.

Q. I think actually, in defense, I think actually I was thinking you haven't had as many reps as sometimes you normally would. How did you feel coming in and playing this golf course because of that?

SERGIO GARCIA: I don't think you meant that, but I did play -- I played one, two, three, four -- I played five tournaments coming in here. So it's pretty good. There's been times where I probably maybe haven't played that much coming into here.

But it's usually around that, four, five, six tournaments. But that wasn't the problem.

Q. Are you aware the decision that came down today in the UK about --

SERGIO GARCIA: I'm not.

Q. You're not?

SERGIO GARCIA: Okay.

Q. Does that mean you wouldn't talk about it if we told you what happened?

SERGIO GARCIA: How can I talk about something I don't know? Obviously I don't look at the news. So I don't know what happened. I'm not going to talk about something without all the information that I need. I don't want to get into --

Q. Are you interested in playing on any event in the European Tour going forward?

SERGIO GARCIA: We'll see. We'll see how the year goes.

Q. Maybe speak to you about it tomorrow once you've had a chance to catch up on it.

SERGIO GARCIA: We'll see. I probably won't catch up on it.

Q. Better to ignore it? Best way to deal with it?

SERGIO GARCIA: Yeah.