Sergio Garcia has blamed his halfway house meal – chicken lasagne – for derailing his bid to qualify for The Open.
The Spaniard began his 36 hole qualifier with a solid 68 but then the italian dish struck.
“I had a little bit of food there in the players lounge and it did not sit well with me,” Garcia said.
“I only ate a lasagne. I thought maybe have a little pasta and stuff, but for some reason it didn’t sit well with me and I just felt nauseous the whole front nine. In the afternoon, I felt like I was going to vomit pretty much on every hole.”
To his credit, he didn’t quit and came in with a 75 to miss the mark.
“I thought about stopping after nine,” he admitted. “But I thought, well, let’s play a couple more and see if I get something going, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.
“Obviously I love The Open and I want to give myself as many chances as possible to play it. Ideally, hopefully I’ll keep playing well and get in the top 50 in the world and then I won’t have to worry about coming in and qualifying.”
Garcia added: “I’m still working hard. When I was feeling healthy today I felt pretty good. I hit a lot of good shots this morning. Even on the second nine when I kind of started feeling a bit better again, I hit a lot of good shots. But those first nine holes killed me.
“It’s a shame. It’s tough. When you’re this age and you’re playing 36 holes you feel like you need to eat a little bit between the rounds and you do that and it doesn’t sit well with you and you’re struggling with your stomach pretty much the whole second round, it’s tough.
“You come all the way here to give it your best shot and not feeling 100% there, it hurts a lot.”
#ISSUES — Sergio Garcia has come up short in qualifying for the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale. The Spaniard finished 30th in West Lancashire final qualifying, 7 shots back of a potential spot. He noted he had stomach troubles as well.
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