HE NEVER GOT OVER THAT MAJOR
HUMP UNTIL NOW.
SERG
SERGIO, HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> DOES IT SOUND NICE TO HEAR
MASTERS CHAMPION SERGIO GARCIA?
>> IT SOUNDS AMAZING.
THIS MORNING, IT'S STARTING TO
SINK IN.
WHEN I OPENED THE CLOSET AND I
SAW THE JACKET THERE, IT BROUGHT
A HUGE SMILE TO MY FACE.
>> ON THE 18th GREEN, DID YOU
REALIZE THAT FOR ALL OF THE
RESPECT THEY HAD FOR JUSTIN,
THEY WANTED YOU TO MAKE THAT
PUTT?
>> YEAH.
BUT I FELT THAT ALL WEEK.
OBVIOUSLY, SUNDAY IS EXTRA
SPECIAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT
ALL GETS DECIDED.
I COULD FEEL HOW MUCH THEY WERE
PULLING FOR ME THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE DAY.
I THINK ONE OF THE COOLEST
THINGS -- I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET
BUT I HEARD ABOUT IT -- SOME
FRIENDS OF MINE HAVE TOLD ME.
WHEN I MADE THE EAGLE AT 15,
WHEN THEY POSTED THE SCOREBOARD
AT 18, THERE WAS A HUGE ROAR.
WE COULD HEAR THAT FROM THE
16th.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMETHING
HOLED IT ON 18.
ACTUALLY WAS THE EAGLE THAT I
MADE.
SO, IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
TO FEEL THAT ENERGY AND THAT
LOVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOWED ME
WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN THERE
BEFORE, BEEN CLOSE BEFORE.
WHAT CHANGED THIS TIME?
WHAT GOT YOU OVER THE HUMP, DO
YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT WAS JUST BELIEF.
SIMPLE AS THAT.
I SAID IT ALL WEEK.
I WAS VERY, VERY CALM THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE WEEK.
SATURDAY PROBABLY WAS THE ONLY
DAY THAT I WAS A LITTLE MORE
NERVOUS BECAUSE -- BECAUSE OF
THE PAST.
AND SUNDAY IS THE CALMEST I FELT
ALMOST IN ANY TOURNAMENT, EVEN
THOUGH I WAS PLAYING FOR A GREEN
JACKET.
AND IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS JUST
AN AMAZING FEELING THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE DAY.
>> A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS.
YOU WIN THE GREEN JACKET ON WHAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVE B
BALLESTEROS' BIRTHDAY.
AND ANOTHER FRIEND, JOSE MARIA
OLAZABAL WROTE YOU A NOTE.
WHAT DID THAT NOTE SAY, BY THE
WAY?
>> I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT
OF GREAT FAMILY AND GREAT
FRIENDS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF NOTES.
JOSE SENT ME A NICE TEXT ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER THE
PAR 3 GOT CANCELED,
UNFORTUNATELY.
HE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK
YOU'RE ONE OF THE BEST GOLFERS
THAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE.
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE FOR ME TO
CALL YOU MY FRIEND.
AND JUST GO OUT THERE THIS WEEK
AND DO WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO,
WHICH IS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
AND YOU KNOW, HE SAID, I'M NOT
SHARING MY LOCKER WITH ANYONE AT
THE MOMENT.
AND I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO, HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING
WEEK.
AND NEXT YEAR, WE CAN BE
TOGETHER UP HERE.
>> CHAIRING THAT CHAMPIONS
LOCKER.
BY THE WAY, YOU'RE GETTING
MARRIED.
NOW, YOU'RE DONE WITH THE
MASTERS.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO PLAN A WEDDING.
>> YEAH.
SHE'S BEEN PLANNING MOST OF IT,
WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
>> YOU GOING TO WEAR THE GREEN
JACKET?
>> YOU AREN'T THE FIRST ONE TO
ASK.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET.
BUT IT HAS A BIG POSSIBILITY.
>> SERGIO, IF I CAN TRY IT ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE A 40 REGULAR.
SORRY, PAL.
38.
>> I'M NOT AS STRONG AS YOU.
>> IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
SERGIO GARCIA, WHAT A PLEASURE.
MASTERS CHAMPION.
BY THE WAY, WE SEE YOU NEXT
MONTH AT THE PLAYERS
CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT HERE ON NBC.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
>> YEAH.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
TOURNAMENTS, I HAVE THE PLEASURE
OF WINNING IT.
IT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING MOMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO BE THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST
TOURNAMENT AFTER WINNING THE
MASTERS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ANNOUNCED ON
THE FIRST TEE.