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PAUL MCGINLEY believes Sergio Garcia was right to feel aggrieved for the 72nd hole zoo that could have cost him the Open at Carnoustie. Speaking ahead of todays US PGA at Southern Hills in Tulsa, the Dubliner revealed that he has had a long chat with Garcia over the mid-fairway delay that led to his costly closing bogey. The fiery Spaniard, nicknamed El Nino, was furious that he had to wait 15 minutes for bunkers to be raked as McGinley and Chris DiMarco finished ahead of him, adding that he was playing against a lot of guys out there, more than the field.
McGinley said: I had a long chat with Sergio in Akron last week and he bears no grudge. Absolutely not. But I can understand his frustration and I do understand where he was coming from. I backed off my shot four times there in the 18th fairway. And we waited on every shot. I was standing on the fairway watching Padraig putt out, so we werent out of position. Sergio was giving out and he was probably right. They were told not to rake the bunkers until we finished play, if the tour caddies were doing it, they know when to get into the bunkers, when to rake, when to stop, and thats what speeds up play. I played with DiMarco and his caddie counted 52 people inside the ropes on one hole. Its a zoo. There was a BBC buggy going straight up the middle of the fairway as I was standing over my shot. We were caught in the middle, so there were TV crews, radio crews, officials. The Ryder Cup was a pussy cat compared to it. It is something the RA needs to address.See the full content of this document
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