Sergio Garcia the apologies king of golf
Spaniard apologises once again but Tiger Woods looks set to drag this saga out for a bit longer
A handshake on the driving range. A handwritten note left quietly in his locker.
About the only thing Sergio Garcia hasn't done this week is send Tiger Woods a box of chocolates. There's still time, of course. On second thoughts, maybe a nice bouquet of flowers tucked inside one of those wicker baskets they use for flags here might work better. C'mon. What's a fellow got to do to prove he's sorry?
Unfortunately for Garcia, Woods doesn't forget easily. He tends to forgive even less
"You know, it's a big week and I understand that it's difficult to meet up and stuff," Garcia said.
Can't be that hard. Woods himself mentioned he had dinner plans overnight with his niece, Cheyenne. Maybe Garcia could at least get in a few words over dessert.
Or maybe he should just forget the whole thing and do what Woods said he had done - consider the matter closed. Whether Woods actually meant that will be debated in the locker room as much as what Garcia meant last month when he said he would have Woods over for dinner during the Open and serve him fried chicken every night.
Woods let Fuzzy Zoeller twist in the wind for years after he made a similar comment at the US Masters. No reason to think Garcia will fare any better.
That's probably why the Spaniard looked like someone had stolen his favourite putter when he met the media , knowing that most of the questions would have nothing to do with historic Merion or Garcia's chances of finally winning a major in this Open.