Sergio Garcia responds to Fred Kobles’ “clowns” comment, and looks forward to enjoying the Champions Dinner

Sergio Garcia says he is disappointed in fellow Masters champion Fred Kobles, who last week unleashed some barbs at Garcia and other members of LIV Golf.

The couples, speaking ahead of the PGA Tour Champions’ Hough Classic in Newport Beach, California, included Garcia making reference to their annoyance with “all these other clowns” while also calling Phil Mickelson a “nutbag.”

That’s what it is, Garcia Tell Sports Illustrated Friday At a LIV event in Tucson, AZ. “It’s disappointing because I don’t know where he’s going with this. But he’s Freddy so he can say whatever he wants and then we can say whatever we want. I think at the end of the day his life is his and my life in this case is mine. So, I don’t think he is.” He should have commented on what I or any of these other men should have done because we didn’t tell him what he had to do.”

Mickelson was also given a chance by SI to hit back at Couples, who also said of the six-time main champion, “If you’re willing to give Phil Mickelson $200 million at age 53 to shoot 74 and 75, God bless you.”

“We’ve been friends for many years,” Mickelson said. “That’s all I’m really going to say.”

Mickelson, who missed last year’s Masters festivities, is expected to return in a few weeks at Augusta National, where he, Sergio Garcia and a few other former Green Jackets winners who joined LIV will join the pairs in attendance at the Champions Dinner. , hosted by Scotty Scheffler on the Tuesday night before the tournament.

Although Scheffler joked to Bubba Watson, whom he met while on vacation late last year, that he had put Watson at a separate table, the current world number one. 1 I don’t expect any drama.

“Getting all these guys together in a room,” Scheffler said, “I mean it must be a lot of fun.” “It’s a historic group of people, the Masters champions, and I’m sure we’ll all put our personal opinions aside and have a good night and just kind of enjoy what the night is really like.”

Garcia was asked about the potential embarrassment.

Garcia said, “I don’t know.” “You have to ask who’s going to be embarrassed. I’ll feel okay. I don’t have any issues with anyone, and I try not to do too much of it. I’ll be there because I earned it, because I deserve it, and I’m going to enjoy it. I hope the rest of the guys do the same.”