Sergio spiky over cheat talk

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Sergio Garcia said he was disgusted to be suspected of cheating after video emerged of a possible rules violation during his opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Sergio Garcia

By Phil Casey

The world number 10 explained that it was in fact a pitch mark and European Tour chief referee John Paramor ruled Garcia was in the clear.

I talked to John and I said Im pretty sure it was a pitch mark that I repaired, Garcia said after a second round 68 saw him make the halfway cut of level par.

The confusion was that I repaired it and then Martin (Kaymer) was going to putt, so I backed away. And then what you can see in the video is him putting, hitting it to tap it in and Im tapping the pitch mark down.

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