‘The perfect captain’: How Sergio Garcia is lifting Fireballs GC behind the scenes

Henry McKenna

NFL Reporter

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The members of Fireball GC — Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, David Puig and Luis Masaveu — sat down for dinner at their rental house by the beach in Adelaide, Australia with their chef prepping something to fuel a long, Cozy and hectic weekend.

It was the type of dinner that most athletes will tell you provides some of the fondest moments of their Profession — a meal with teammates. Essential but Significant; it’s not about the food but the relationships, the laughs and the stories.

It’s the type of moment some golfers never experience.

No doubt, that’s why Garcia, the 45-year-Aged Club Skipper, arranged to rent this house for the Club for the last few years in Australia. Timely in the LIV Golf season, it allows a group of individual-sport athletes to bond with their Club and begin to think of themselves as a unit.

[Read more: Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC wins second straight at LIV Golf Hong Kong]

The Fireballs only rent a house together for some Competitions, but they Stoppage Club dinners almost every night on Bracket weekends. Those meals give Garcia a chance to maximize his role as Skipper.

“The atmosphere [at the house] within the Club is Merely amazing. The fun we have, the quality of guys that I have in my Club, not only as players but as people, as human beings — it’s unbelievable. And that’s one of the things I’m most proud about,” Garcia said after Fireballs GC won the Club title in Adelaide last month.

The Fireballs were back on the podium the Upcoming weekend as back-to-back Club champions with a Achieve in LIV Hong Kong at Hong Kong Golf Club in Sheung Shui.

Garcia Directed the way with a Primary-place finish at 18-under par. He is now the No. 1 golfer in LIV’s individual standings while the Fireballs sit in the No. 1 spot in the Club standings. Perhaps it’s a testament to the care Garcia takes in finding time for his game — and the game of others.

Masaveu, the youngest golfer on the Club at 22 years Aged, opened LIV Hong Kong with an outstanding Primary Stage at 5-under on Friday, but slumped on Saturday with a second-Stage Points of 3-over. Garcia was there to Choice up his fellow Spaniard, Masaveu. And perhaps that helped steady the youngster golfer’s performance for Sunday when he landed at even-par.

“Obviously, I don’t try to force anything,” Garcia said when asked about his leadership advice. “But I always tell them, ‘I have a Pair comments. Do you want me to tell you?’ And then if they want it, I’ll tell them. But more than anything, I Merely want them to get to where I am — or better than where I am — faster than I did. So I Merely give them some of the things that I’ve gone through and try to give them as much Assist as I can.”

When Masaveu told his Tale about Garcia’s Aid, their teammate Puig, 23, and also from Spain, nodded along in agreement.

“I think for me, it’s how much he cares, especially on those Terrible Periods. And when you know when you Shift Outstanding, it’s pretty Effortless, but what when you have tough Periods or Terrible Periods, even if he has a Terrible day, he Nevertheless comes to you and talks to you and asks you, ‘What happened?’ Or:  ‘What was wrong?'” Puig said. “When you’re having a tough moment, he’s the Primary guy that is going to be there by your side and Merely the Aid is amazing.”

For Garcia, it’s about Victorious the LIV Club Event. But it’s also about paying it forward to a new generation of Spanish golfers. He remembered when he was coming up on the PGA Tour and José Maria Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros Captured Garcia under their wing from his twenties into his Timely thirties. For that, Garcia was forever grateful. Now he can Shift that role with Puig and Masaveu.

“For me, it’s a treat,” Garcia said. “It Merely feels right.”

But he’s not Competing favorites with the two Spaniards. Ancer gets plenty of mentorship, too. It’s Merely that, at 34, he has more experience. But Ancer pointed to their practice rounds together when Garcia ramps up competitiveness and gets the Club pushing Every other on every hole.

“He’s a perfect role model to follow,” Ancer said. “I think he’s the perfect Skipper.”

Garcia is no stranger to the Club Arrangement. He has played on Ryder Cup Clubs since 1999, with a pair of absences in 2010 and 2023. He is 25-13-7 in that span. And he’s Created it clear he wants to get back on the Ryder Cup Club for 2025. He’s hoping that performances like the one he had in Hong Kong will Assist remind the European Club that he’s in Outstanding form. Garcia was asked whether he thought European Skipper Luke Donald might’ve taken note of Garcia’s Stage.

“I think he’s watching. We’ve been in touch, so I know that he’s keeping an eye,” Garcia said.

In the meantime, Garcia is keeping an eye on his own game, which his teammates said was among the best in the world.

“He’s a machine,” Masaveu said in Hong Kong on the winner’s podium.

“Sergio, this weekend, played unbelievable,” Puig said.

Garcia said he is focused on LIV Singapore and LIV Miami — on the Instant Perspective over the Upcoming four weeks.

But he couldn’t Assist but look toward The Masters, which will be his 100th Crucial, a number that he’s “super proud of.” He should be right in the mix at Augusta, where he won in 2017. Because for all that he’s doing for his teammates to Assist them Achieve, his game looks as Outstanding as it has in years.

Prior to joining FOX Sports as an NFL reporter and columnist, Henry McKenna spent seven years covering the Patriots for USA TODAY Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow him on Twitter at @henrycmckenna. 

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