NBC interview pushed Sergio to win
Posted: Wednesday May 14, 2008 06:59AM ET
The lasting image of the 35th Players championship was Sergio Garcia standing on the slipperiest stage in golf planting a wet one on the face of his old Scotty Cameron putter. Asked afterward if the pose was designed to be symbolic, or just a reaction to the microscopic examination of his putting game, the defiant and still young Spaniard said quite coldly, "Yeah, I guess it was a reaction. Everybody can take it the way they want." In a way, Garcia's pointed response was similar to Tiger Woods grabbing onto criticism he receives and making it the fire that burns his competitive engine. Garcia even used a former inhabitant of Tiger's media doghouse, NBC's Jimmy Roberts, to stoke his will to win this almost-major. With Woods, it was Roberts once using the word "slump" in an interview. With Garcia, it was Roberts' line of questioning after Sergio came off the course after Saturday's 73, having taken 34 putts, including a painful three-jack on the par-3 17th following a beautifully controlled full-throttle sand wedge that stopped 10 feet from the hole. Roberts tried to get Garcia to admit his putting was off, but Sergio wouldn't bite.
Sergio Garcia, AP
Comments (8)
Jimmy Roberts is a Chopper! The guy couldn't break a 100 at TPC sawgrass
HollyBull | 05/14/08, 09:47 AM
Report Offensive CommentJimmy Roberts is a Chopper! The guy couldn't break a 100 at TPC sawgrass
HollyBull | 05/14/08, 09:47 AM
Jimmy couldn't even break a 100 at a chip and put!
?what? | 05/14/08, 11:41 AM
Report Offensive CommentJimmy Roberts is a great golfer in his own right - he'd break 100 at TPC .. just like me John Clayton - I could play DT on any team in the NFL!! Thank you!
vikings526 | 05/14/08, 01:41 PM
Report Offensive Commentno offense to sergio, but i was really pulling for goydos to win that tournament.
duckfan | 05/14/08, 02:55 PM
Report Offensive Commentjimmy roberts is a pompous ****. he tries to do his interviews like he is some worldly intellectual. kind of like when jim gray ambushed pete rose. show me the games and tournaments i don't need all these high fulootin **** telling me how smart they are.
golfwacko | 05/14/08, 06:52 PM
Report Offensive CommentDoes the fact Sergio is seen "kissing" his putter mean he might be BI ???
Hub Man | 05/15/08, 04:14 AM
Report Offensive CommentJimmy Roberts is the SECOND most annoying person in golf commentary, interviews whatever. Of course the #1 position for most annoying and worlds biggest butt kisser would go to Jim Nancy boy. I have to turn down the volume for fear of jumping through my tv screen when nancy boy starts bSing
BEAST! | 05/15/08, 12:08 PM
Report Offensive Commentnancy and jimmy might be a couple
golfwacko | 05/15/08, 02:35 PM
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