Professional rivalry is a part of the life of a sports entity. After one becomes popular, he would earn more foes than friends from his sport. And Tiger Woods is considered the greatest of all time. He had disputes with many of his colleagues on his journey toward success. Yet, his father considers only one of them as the biggest enemy of his son. 

“The reason Tiger dislikes him is that,” Earl Woods said. “In the clubhouse once, he saw Sergio looking up at a television monitor and rooting somebody’s golf ball out of the hole.” 

“That’s why he has no use for Sergio,” Earl added to show his determination. The excerpt is included in ‘His Father’s Son: Earl and Tiger Woods,’ a biography written about the golf legend’s father by Tom Callahan. 

The enmity between the two golfers began not after they both turned pro. Since they are just a couple of years apart, Sergio and Woods have been competitive with each other. 

Their professional rivalry began when Woods won the 1999 PGA Championship against Garcia with a one-shot lead. The latter felt embarrassed after Woods signed a hat for him. However, Garcia later made it even by winning a TV event in 2000 against Tiger. 

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The two continued with their inside competition all along. While their dispute mainly stayed on the course, sometimes they used to trash talk at each other off the course as well. 

Is the dispute between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia over? 

It has been a long time since Woods has played an official tournament. So, there haven’t been many times the duo get to see each other. However, the Spanish golfer was the last to make a comment about his professional enemy. 

“It’s nice to see, and it’s impressive,” Sergio said about his rival’s victory at the 2019 Masters. He explained that to be able to win a major on the comeback after several injuries is more than impressive. Furthermore, Sergio added that he would like to see how the American golfer would perform in the future. 

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Garcia and Woods had a professional rivalry going on between them. Even though they haven’t officially stated anything, the recent comments from Garcia reveal that the golfers have no bad feelings for each other. 

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