Garcia DQed for Math Error

2007 meltdown continues for golf's unluckiest man
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 12, 2007 8:15 AM CDT
Garcia DQed for Math Error
Sergio Garcia of Spain, reacts after missing a long birdie putt on the seventh green during the second round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)   (Associated Press)

An error on a scorecard he signed caused Sergio Garcia to be disqualified from the PGA Championship in Tulsa, the culmination of a nightmare 2007 for him. The Spaniard's partner, Boo Weekley, misrecorded Garcia's 17th hole as a 4 when it was a 5. Had Garcia remained, he would have ended the day at a 9-over 219.

Weekley was sympathetic, but rightly pointed out: "It's my fault for putting the wrong score in, but it's his fault for not checking." The incident fits what Garcia had early characterized at a frustrated post-Carnoustie news conference as a Garcia-specific run of incredible bad luck. (More Tulsa stories.)

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