This week, Jason is joined by professional golfer, 2017 Masters champion and newly joined LiveTour golf professional, Sergio Garcia!
Sergio has spent most of his career in the top 10 official world golf rankings with winning 39 career titles and well over $50,000,000 in tournament earnings. Sergio has supplemented his on course earnings with several brand partnerships. In recent news, Sergio became one of the many PGA Tour golfers to switch over to the newly formed golf tour, the LiveTour. Many golf professionals, executives, and media outlets have been critical of golfers who would leave behind the spots on the PGA Tour for Live, but that momentum is changing significantly.
Sergio gives insight to what helps him be more focused, how it is important to try everything and then pick a sport to focus on, the high and lows of his golf career financially & professionally, what he has done differently mentally since his twenties, how he handles the stressful moments in his golf game, and what brand partnerships look like after winning the Masters. Sergio also reveals the truth behind the money of the Ryder cup, where he thinks the future of the Ryder cup will be, why competition is good, and answers a few rapid fire questions! Does he worry about his legacy? How do caddies get compensated?
Sergio reveals all that and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
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Video Edit: Marc Colcer
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welcome back to another episode of
trading Secrets today we are joined by
professional golfer 2017 Masters
champion a newly joined Liv Tour golf
professional Sergio Garcia Sergio has
spent most of his career in the top 10
official world golf rankings having won
39 career titles and well over $50
million in tournament earnings Sergio
has supplemented his OnCourse earnings
also with several brand Partnerships in
recent news Sergio became one of the
many PGA Tour golfers to switch over to
the newly formed golf tour the live tour
many golf professionals Executives
immedia Outlets have been critical of
golfers who would leave behind the spots
on the PGA tour for live but we are
seeing that momentum change
significantly today we’re going to chat
about what a career in the PGA Tour is
like how Sergio keeps himself mentally
and physically trained to be a
professional golfer the dollars and
cents of course and the business
strategy behind the career moves he’s
made and why Sergio Master’s champion
thank you for being on train secret this
my bliard Jason thanks for having it is
an honor all right now I could have kept
going with the resume but I had to stop
somewhere so we could get this interview
off but I want to take a stroll down
memory lane you may or may not remember
this but it’s a moment I won’t forget
and I’ve talked to mmore because he’s
been on the show and he didn’t forget it
either August 2021 BMW Championship we
were walking down the first hole and I
asked you how many rounds do you play
per year and then mmore guessed and then
I guessed we were both way off you told
us at that time it was around
325 rounds you played per year we were
blown away but you said to Ben who’s
matore you said but think about your
craft music you have to practice music
every day so I have a question for you
for people back at home most people hate
their jobs when you’re playing 325 days
a year most of your living life is
playing your career
what advice would you have for someone
that’s like I’m in a career that I just
don’t like do you have to be obsessed is
it motivation is a discipline like what
keeps you that focused well I mean to me
uh to be totally honest I just love what
I do so that that obviously helps uh to
me like going going to practice or going
to play around with friends and and have
a little game a little might or
something to me that’s fun so uh it’s
it’s practice and it’s work I think and
and and getting ready to you know to for
tournaments and stuff like that but to
me it’s fun so I don’t I never see it as
as as work obviously I’m very fortunate
and unfortunately not a lot of people
can say that because I’m doing like
actually my job it’s what I love doing
so yeah uh that’s that’s if you can find
that that’s the ideal thing a lot of a
lot of people unfortunately they they
get a job that maybe is not their
favoring but they need it because you
know you need to live and you need to
provide for yourself and your family and
stuff like that so I uh I always feel
very very fortunate about that uh if you
can if you can do what you love I mean
that’s that’s the the IDE deal spun I
guess yeah so then there are some
athletes though that are like at your
category like a Tom Brady right where he
comes out and says listen I love what I
do but also I’m putting in that extra
work to be the best so when you’re at
that point where even though you love it
but you’re getting I don’t know just a
little tired some do you have any
strategies or tactics or anything to
like stay focused stay disciplined
continue to work when you don’t want to
work or for you is it the love that
always keeps you ahead well uh there’s
there’s several things I think that to
me funny enough uh I try to keep myself
busy with other things huh and that
helps
me uh be more focused when I’m
practicing or playing golf so like I
love playing tennis uh I’ve always been
a huge soccer fan and and I and I played
I played soccer uh when I was when I was
younger and I play once in a while so
things things like that you know I love
driving I love cooking so all those
things to me I’ve always I’ve always uh
everyone is different but I I felt like
when I’m doing those things I’m not
thinking about golf interest so it helps
me kind of Disconnect recharge batteries
and then and when I’m going back to
practicing or or playing I’m really
looking forward to it I’m excited about
it I want to I want to be there you know
so um I think that you know it’s just
finding that that fine tune that that
mix that that kind of kicks yeah I think
it’s really good advice because if you
think about people that have downtime if
you’re not doing that downtime to be
productive with other things then you
might be too focused on what your actual
main thing is and I think that’s a great
piece of advice for people back home
we’ll get into the dollars and cents
we’ll get into all that but we got to we
got to go to where it started so you
started playing golf at 3 your father
was your Coach Victor there are parents
back home that have kids that are
athletic and they don’t know what
direction to go especially these days do
you have your kids play many sports do
you just focus on one do you make this
sport a priority over school things like
that being that you started so young you
won so young you became a professional
so young what advice would you have for
the parents that are listening now with
younger kids when it comes to Athletics
yeah it’s great great question
um you know obviously I can tell you
what I feel it’s right for like for
Angela and myself with our kids for
example it doesn’t mean that that’s you
know ideal for everyone but uh I we like
we have for example we have a daughter
as Alia and she’s doing she’s doing golf
soccer tennis gymnastics uh she’s doing
music uh
so we I always I always thought and I
always said that you know I wanted our
kids to be involved in go in in in
sports and and en signed to do some of
those things too because I feel like
it’s a
healthier uh environment it’s a
healthier life I think
nowadays everything is with so easily
within our Arms Reach
um you know dangerous things that um if
you can be around athletes and you can
be around Sports people it always feels
like you’re more in the right track not
only physically but also mentally you
know I mean you played you play sports
so you know you know the the mental side
of it and and how much you have to M
mature and grow and and and think about
what you’re doing so and and you have to
be you know if you want to be decent at
at any of the sports you have to be
focused and you you have to you have to
go in a in a certain path you you can’t
be doing all all sorts of things so you
uh I like know to obviously at some
point pick one and and and see where
they go um but you know as a youngster
just that’s what I did too yeah I played
I played golf soccer uh football uh
tennis um you know I would play anything
anything I could get I love Serge
already alluded to the mental fortitude
we’re going to get into that because you
have walked next to some of the greats
you’ve battled with Tiger Woods you had
a complete Showdown for your master so
we’re going to get into some of the tips
and tricks of how you stay focused in
such high pressure situations but one
follow-up question I think the idea of
being surrounded by Sports is great for
any kids especially as they’re
developing you had mentioned at some
point you’d like them to pick one and
for you as a parent is there a certain
age you think that in today’s world you
kind of have to get
singular I don’t know um it’s
um it’s a good question I think that
probably definitely on your teens uh I
would say um like for me for me it was
probably when I
was well was 5 12 or 13 okay I
definitely got even more focused into
golf uh I still play a little bit of
tennis and and soccer but uh but I
definitely started just like focusing a
bit more I think that it’s just a it’s
just a matter of a couple of
things what want the kid loves yeah most
importantly I think it’s important for
for the for the kid to be willing to go
and play that sport not having to push
into the for because you don’t want them
to get burned out you know like like
that so um and that’s where we’re going
with loving that what you do you know no
if um you know whatever it is and and
then usually I mean usually it’s around
that age you know 12 13 14 okay you can
see what you’re excelling more at and
and you know if if the kid is in love
with with that sport then you can kind
of guide them that way a little bit but
I think it’s important for them to also
make a little bit of a decision yeah in
what what they really what really drives
them you I think it’s a good segue cuz
right you’re 43 you’re still driving
you’re still working every day if you’re
forced into that if you’re pushed into
it there’s no way at 43 you’re still
focused you’ll be burnt out right so the
idea lagly I would think that all right
so let’s go to that I think it’s a good
transition to 43 the pillars of this
podcast are Financial wellbeing
professional well-being personal
wellbeing these are like the three
pillars so I want to talk about these
pillars cuz now you are 43 you look back
at you know your let’s say your teenage
self who wins their first professional
tournament as an amateur
and then becomes a professional in your
teenage years I want to hit those three
pillars real quick let’s start with
financial because it’s trading Secrets
okay you’re telling your 18-year-old
self right now one high one low over
your 20 plus careers when it comes to
golf let’s start with financial what is
the one hot you’d be like hey
18-year-old surge this is awesome this
by this check this moment this deal this
tournament we won
I fought my first something what are you
telling him this is your financial High
uh I don’t know um there’s uh I mean
very fortunate because I’ve had a really
good career still going obviously but uh
but I’ve been very fortunate obviously I
played I worked really hard and I played
well um and and I’ve been able to make
to make good amount of money I mean to
me I I have always said it not only for
what it gives you personally but for me
as a Prof in a professional way uh or
for my profession I think that when when
I bought my first plane uh that that was
um you know that was probably one of the
the biggest things and and one of the
probably most important things that I
did for my career because I feel like
even though not going to be wrong it’s
an
expensive
um asset
it’s an expensive toy to have but uh but
definitely the amount of time that I
save and time is something that you
cannot buy the amount of time that I
save throughout a year like when we
looked at it uh we realized that I was
going to be able to save around between
22 and 26 days a year wow in traveling
interesting so yeah because you know you
know I was able to leave home later I
was able to fly to the tournaments
closer I was able to leave the
tournaments earlier yeah like as soon as
I finished like a lot of the times when
I was when we were living in
Europe playing here in the US a lot you
know if if you’re in contention you’re
finish and you’re finishing at 6 6 7 in
the afternoon Yeah by that time you go
to the airport pretty much every single
fly on to Europe is spin is done
interesting so you have to wait another
day okay so you have to fly the Monday
instead of the Sunday then for me where
where I was in Spain for example you’ll
be flying to Madrid Madrid is three and
a half hours drive from from where I’m
from so okay so it’s extra time then you
don’t think about it but once you go
down and you say okay you’re making a
big decision uh obviously financial
decision yeah to buy to buy a private
plane then you go like okay so you know
if I can save all these days where I can
spend it with family I can do you know
couple corporate days here and there and
and make a little bit of extra money and
then that helps me pay for for the
expenses of the place like that so it’s
it’s uh it’s interesting that I mean I’m
sure teenage surge would be like wow you
bought a plane that’s pretty D cool you
can pass on this question but I have to
ask because if I don’t they’ll yell at
me a around roundabout how much does a
plane cost like $10 million it depends
on what you what you want to buy cuz it
just vary all of them vary depending how
how big it is but um
yeah but like the the first one I bought
uh which was a smaller one and then had
to make a couple extra stops uh flying
from Europe to here y uh yeah it was
probably around 12 okay 13 million like
that very it wasn’t in my teens it was
in my 20s but yeah oh no I was saying
teenage surgy that’s cool 20 getting the
playe that’s pretty cool all right
Financial high with highs come lows for
everyone back home they feel it too can
you think of any Financial lows
throughout your career maybe a time
maybe you made an investment that didn’t
go well or just a time that like
finances were or something financially
within your career was a low yeah um I
had I had uh again I’ve been very
fortunate I’ve I had some great people
around me help me uh invest my money and
and done uh very well on it uh so with
not a lot of risk so so that’s that’s
obviously I’m very thankful for that and
the people that I’ve I’ve been involved
and I am involved with at the moment uh
but I do I do have obviously one one
moment which was which was tough uh
because it was a plane and uh you know
it was uh pretty much a brand new plane
that I bought and um you know the
company that that I bought it uh I think
I had the plane
for probably about a year or so so it
was pretty new B for from brand new and
uh and the company start struggling uh
you know we obviously asked you know we
had people that we thought they were
friends sure uh and in the company and
and we asked a it’s everything okay and
they were like no no way they’re going
to come someone’s going to buy us it’s
going to be fine don’t worry about it
because obviously we’re thinking you
know if if something happens we want to
sell before of course too late yeah so
we have sever real times no don’t way
you know it’s going to happen just give
us some miles give us some miles
so six seven eight months go
by the the company goes
bankr and um you know and obviously our
plane goes
from whatever $18 million to five wow so
that was so that was a big you know that
was that that was a big loss but uh you
know fortunately like I said earlier
yeah my the money was well invested and
well taken care of so we were able to to
make up for it and and stuff and and you
know we’re still we’re still doing we’re
still doing great but but yeah it was uh
it was it was tough but yeah you know it
did happen those things you know it’s
unfortunately uh you know you go you
have good moments and bad moments cuz uh
you know we kind of got through it and
and um you know we we’re find some I
love it that’s why I love asking the
question because a lot of times we only
see the highlights we don’t see those
stories or hear about them but they
exist we all have to bounce back in some
capacity whether it’s 15 million or 15
bucks everyone’s got to bounce back
right it’s just different different
times let’s go to professional
professional High I I would imagine it’s
the Masters but what is your
professional high that you’re telling
your teenage surge this is what’s going
to happen in your professional world
yeah uh oh definitely Master it’s it’s
one of them uh fortunately one of my
highs was when I was a teenager the rder
cup yeah R cup and obviously all the rer
cups I’ve played but uh but those
are professionally my two like highs
okay right the master 17 and every
single Rider c a play winning or losing
because they’re all special obviously
the winning ones even even more but the
one in 99 my first my first one and to
um to turn for in in a at the end of
April yeah and and be able to make the
team on my own in September like it’s
incredible five six months later yeah uh
it was something that obviously I I
didn’t I didn’t have in my mind at the
beginning of the year I was hoping that
I would make some rast but I didn’t
think I was going to make that first one
so that was uh that was amazing even
though even though we lost it yeah h on
Sunday in in in Brooklyn and uh but in
Boston but uh but it was um yeah it was
it was unbelievable the experience was
just there’s nothing like there’s
nothing in the world like it nothing
like it all right I have some into one
of them oh yeah I was at the Ridder cup
at Whistling Straits and it’s so much
fun I mean the energy is just unlike
anything and it’s obviously with Liv
there’s a team aspect now but in other
areas of golf there’s never a team
aspect so to see the best players like
yourself and everyone else like come
together you know putting your arms over
each other rooting is one and
representing countries in many countries
there’s just nothing like that other
than Olympics yeah and that one was
great but it wasn’t as good because it
was right after Co or right kind of it’s
so there was very little European
support in yeah that’s probably why I
was like this is awesome call
us but as good as that is you want
represention you want to live bit of
both so then you can see both both and
you can meet people and like to be like
okay where you from like at the end of
the day is cabaron that’s a good I
didn’t think about that so you have to
you have to go left to go back with
another one where everything it’s
obviously whenever we play there’s
always going to be more we’re playing
there’s going to be more European F and
stuff we’re play in the US the same way
for for the us but when you can get the
mix and the energy that you can see the
energy that you feel on the course is
just amazing nothing like that all right
I’m going to definitely go to another
Ridder cuup and for my golf listeners
here that are new to the show I will get
to Rider cup and Masters it’s coming I
promise let’s end this segment with one
professional low lowest moment in your
20 plus year
career it’s
um it’s funny like I know that a lot of
people would say probably the Brie open
2007 uh when I lost when I lost that
playoff and I had the P to to win and
stuff like that obviously yes that was a
bit of a low but but and that moment it
was a very it was a very big lot like
for
me uh as a 27 year old with already
having a a couple chances of winning
majors and and being close and not
getting done and and and having my PO my
chance my big chance there until then it
was it was a big low and uh but then
after I I thought about it you know a
couple weeks after I was in I was in
Spain and I remember I was walking on
the beach and and trying to kind of get
my head straight and I was like hold
on I know I know that you just lost the
the the brid open and and obviously I
wanted to win it so badly but why are
you making it such a bad thing such a
Barrion in on you when you’ve done you
did so many good things to put yourself
in a winning in a winning position and
you just focusing on what happened on
the last hole and then the playoff so
obviously uh it was a good learning
experience yeah and and and it helped me
to see that yes obviously we want to win
and and that’s what we practice for and
that’s what we love doing but it’s not
just the main thing yeah sometimes
sometimes you also have to realize that
uh you know I mean I know that people
say oh you know the second place is the
first loser yeah I understand that but
you know I’d rather be the first loser
than the 20th loser sure you know I
rather the second than than 30th or
something like that because at least I
know that if I’m second most likely I’ve
had a chance of winning yeah if I’m 30th
you weren’t even in the middle I prob
yeah so um it’s just the it’s just the
way you look at it yeah but uh but that
was at that moment that was that was a
low because you know because I felt like
I had it yeah I felt like I did so many
good things in it yeah and um you know
it was it was a rough probably week or
so after that but I’m glad I I was able
to to find the the positive shot of it I
think personally professionally we all
hit lows and we all resort to different
things and then learn from it in in any
of your
lows it’s like it’s a form of like some
people have tough day at work they get
home and they got to have a couple
drinks was there any behavioral things
you did in your Lowe’s that now you
change or did you resort to anything or
was it all like did you have anything
that got you back and focus like when
you look back at your 20s how did you
cope with that this is more of a
psychological question I think uh for me
for me it was
family um you know family and friends
yeah having good SK back yeah and and
like I said earlier being able to have
something else to go for yeah just
distracting with other things yeah go
and play tennis or play paddle tennis
like we’re do in Spain play soccer so
like that that helped
me kind of Disconnect and and and
conserve energy and not use all that
energy into bad thoughts and thinking
what happened what happened and and and
obviously you know until probably
recently until the last probably um
probably five or six years I I didn’t
really use like a mental coach or
anything like that so uh so I kind of
worked everything myself yeah and with
my family and and friends and do you use
a mental coach now yes now I’ve been I
mean it’s yeah I’ve been I’ve been
working with with one a good Fair mind
um and it’s and it’s great um but it’s
uh you know it’s just finding little
ways of making things better and then
kind of like uh getting getting stuff
out and and and you know just kind of
not not keeping it not internalizing
it’s it’s yeah I’ve talked about this
it’s you got to you got to name what
you’re feeling then you got to drain it
and it’s interesting that even people at
your level have to do that with mental
coaches I have to ask you this as a
golfer there are times I sit over a putt
with three of my friends and we’re
playing for 50 bucks I start shaking my
heart rate’s going are you doing things
to keep like your actual adrenaline down
your heart rate low and what is probably
the most critical 3 four holes of your
entire life like are you managing your
heart rate are you doing breathing
tactic to slow down yes without a doubt
um yeah like I said earlier obviously
there’s moments when you feel better
than others but but I think that at the
end of the day when you get nervous
usually what you do is you start either
not breathing or
hyperventilate so so what I always try
to tell myself it’s you know when I
start feeling my heart going up and and
and those are good things because it
means that you care it’s a point yeah
but at the same time you want to be as
calm as possible once you hitting your
shot so important to take long deep Long
breaths okay you know in and out in and
out and then you can feel your heart
kind of s down a little bit uh I think
the problem is
sometimes you get nervous and you feel
it like you’re getting nervous you’re so
focused on your nervousness you lose
focus of what’s in front of you correct
and you and you forget to and you forget
to breathe you’re not you’re not
focusing around your breathing you
you’re focus on your breathing you kind
of forget about the other stuff too a
little bit because you’re so focused on
your breathing and and calming down that
that kind of helps you relax a little
bit too so that’s I thing that’s always
always important all right let’s get
into some of the economics we’re talking
about Masters just curious you win The
Masters when do you get paid when you
win The Masters what did a check like
that look
like it probably less than than what
people might think yeah but uh I mean
it’s a good check I think it’s I think
was like 1.2 or something like that okay
and then I assume when you win The
Masters though brand Partnerships and
opportunities the value of that probably
much outweighs that 1.2 million correct
like that that value is absolutely what
was the biggest was there a big life-
changing moment after you won the
Masters you’ll never forget like you get
a call from a big brand or a big
opportunity um there’s
obviously I mean I’ve I’ve like you said
like I’ve had a a really good career
been in the top 10 for pretty much most
of my career so so my contracts have
always been decent they always been good
uh because of that so what happens when
you win when you win The Masters
obviously you you start renewing with a
lot of your the so obviously uh you know
it brings renewals a little bit uh a
little bit of a race and stuff like that
um but
you know for
me it was pretty much the same companies
that I was with just kind of renewing
for another five years or something like
that uh raising a little bit uh the the
fees uh and then uh the the the only one
that kind of really changed was uh golf
brand uh claps manufacturer yeah um that
I went with a different company that I
was at that time which was uh I was
playing made um unfortunately it didn’t
work but uh but that was probably the
biggest uh the biggest change uh on on
my contracts set at that time pretty
cool okay I want to talk about Ryder Cup
2018 you become all-time leading Ryder
Cup record Point score you had already
mentioned the passion you have for now
it’s a career high there was some
conversation and articles written about
Patrick Klay who didn’t wear his hat
because he was a little frustrated with
the whole payment and financials behind
the Ridder cup
my understanding is whether you’re Team
USA or team Europe you’re not paid to
play and you have to get there on your
dime and you’re not paid any capacity if
you win so naturally it will 100% be a
financial loss is that correct no okay
no it’s not you you like uh they pay for
your expenses okay so that’s that’s all
PID you don’t get paid to
play uh and you don’t get paid I mean I
think I think now now they’re starting
to do like a a little payment for for
charity okay they give you that’s good
some money not not allow some money and
then you can you can you can put it like
for charity and stuff but I think that’s
the beauty of the ride C that keeps it
so unique and so uh you know so true mhm
uh that you we actually we actually play
for froud yeah uh we obviously we get
paid like they pay us for which our
travel expenses and hotels and all that
stuff the team takes care of all of that
but uh my way comes down to getting paid
for to play for to to play it or or or
if you win it or or don’t yeah that um
you know that doesn’t yeah cuz it seems
like that the sport of golf in money
there’s never been more of like two
subjects that are now taking up the
entirety of the sport which is
interesting so it’s good to hear that
from your perspective you’re like that’s
a play for Pride tournament that’s not a
go cashier check tournament do you think
the landscape of even the Ryder Cup and
what’s happening now will look
dramatically different in 3 to 5 years
as people like you that have such a
legacy within the rider cup AR aren’t
playing in it for X Y and Z reasons like
do you think there becomes a new Rider
cup do you think that all changes I hope
not um I hope not I mean obviously um
like I’m I’m not giving up on it and I’m
you know I’m taking my my uh European
tour membership again to at least give
myself a the best chance possible of of
trying to make a team yeah uh and be
eligible for it but uh but I hope he
doesn’t because that’s that’s what keeps
the rup pure uh and and even though you
don’t get paid if you make the ride Cup
team if you play in The Ride Cup
team like what were saying earlier you
contracts that do go off a little bit so
you don’t make it that weak yeah but you
do make it
on appearance and stuff like that yeah
so it’s not
like you do make it but not in that week
yeah the whole idea of economics in all
sports is changing drastically we see it
even with like nil with these NCAA
athletes now all of a sudden there’s all
this money being thrown at him right or
before there wasn’t I think we’ve seen
it a little bit with PGA and Liv um
obviously Liv comes along and now all of
a sudden pses are higher at PGA and
competition drives change essentially
when you think about that I looked in
2022 it looked like your tournament
earnings were over 6 million in just one
season with Liv which I think was about
three times higher on average than your
tournament winnings with PGA when you
think about that and the change that’s
happening what’s your overall sentiment
of of how it’s changing and the fact
it’s changed this fast well uh at the
end of the day I think it just shows you
that competition is is good yeah it’s
good for everyone uh I think it happens
in every single spot in in the world you
know it doesn’t matter if it’s sports or
uh you know different kinds of company
you know the the the only thing that
drives you to get better is competition
why why they turn pro uh when I was 19
because I felt like the only way I was
going to get better at golf and what I
love doing was by me playing with the
professionals which was the biggest the
highest competition I could get I felt
like if I st at alur I was going to hit
a plateau and I didn’t want that yeah so
it’s it’s companies doesn’t matter
companies Sports whatever it is the only
way that things get better and the only
way that technology gets better is
because other company can TR with
something better something different uh
so it pushes everyone to to to to
improve yeah as simple as that and and I
think that’s what that’s what Le is done
to to go and to and to the PJ tour you
know push them to realize that you know
even though we you know we’ve been the
best tour uh in the world for many many
years oh there’s someone here that is
actually pushing us and and you know we
need to we need to evolve and and become
better yeah I gotta ask you about Legacy
though so over the summer you made a
comment about how switching to live
might have an impact on your chances of
being elected to the World Golf Hall of
Fame when you look at professional
Legacy or anyone back home that looks at
it I think we all Define it Legacy isn’t
what other people think Legacy is what I
make it for you when you made that
decision and you think about today do
you get it all worried about your legacy
does does not making the world gol Golf
Hall of Fame when it comes to your
professional uh
resume keep you up at night how do you
feel about that no it doesn’t give me up
night I mean
obviously you know it’s it’s like I
always say you know the the more sugar
the sweeter uh so it’s as simple as that
but but it doesn’t mean I like
that uh it doesn’t mean that you know I
I’m going to change my view on on my
career and and what I what I was able to
achieve or my family or or my friends or
or really my fans you know obviously at
the of the day yes you if you if you’re
inducting the Hall of Fame yes it’s
great it’s it’s tremendous honor but
does that me your your career I don’t
think
so you know I think that it’s uh at the
end of the day it’s you have to be happy
with what you’ve done you have to be
uh proud of what you’ve done and and I’m
very proud of what I’ve done and what
I’m doing and you know that’s at the end
of the day that’s that’s all I can I can
really do I can’t make other
people you know think what I want them
to think or anything like that you know
I just kind of give them um like
different uh options and and subjects to
to talk about me and and things that
done and and then they can make their
own their own opinions I guess you’re
doing it your way the way you see it and
the rest is left up for everybody else C
can sit here and Dr Sergio all day have
a million more golf questions but we
only have so much time so one more
question for you and then we’re going to
do a little rapid fire and we’ll get
your trading secret talked about your
impact on the golf course the dollars
the cents the personal and professional
achievements let’s talk about some of
the impact this weekend we’re actually
in Austin for four kids ATX the event
was absolutely incredible the Afterparty
and live music was amazing and guys stay
tuned to the recap cuz I have some funny
golf stories I’m going to tell you but
we talked dollars and cents here and I
saw there was auction items there was
the valderama and Lucia live packages I
think they went for over
$100,000 I mean it was Mayhem it was so
great and to know that all that money is
going to the charity the not for-profit
that you and Angela started impacting so
many kids is amazing tell me a little
bit if you can how how much did you guys
raise this weekend yeah it was great
yeah like you said uh Jason uh amazing
week and and we couldn’t be happier and
prouder and and even we couldn’t be more
thankful to everyone that that was
involved including you guys coming and
and supporting and our donors uh
everyone that came and and put money in
and and bid for some of these uh amazing
auction uh items that we had and
obviously like you said live B and yeah
Bella man you know was was one of them
so um yeah it’s it’s uh it’s been it’s
been amazing we’re we’re super happy
about it uh last year uh it was already
a great a great event that we had here
in Austin uh I think obviously before uh
expenses and stuff like that that we
were able to raise uh I think it was $2
million last year which were super proud
you know in like two nights it’s amazing
um and this year we even top that off um
and and I think we don’t have the the
actual finish numbers yet but but it
looks like 2.3 2.4 so super happy and
super thankful for for everyone that was
a part of it and donated and and help
you know all all this money is going to
go to kids Community families uh here
around around Austin and and you know
it’s um it just it just feels amazing to
be able to to help so many people and
and everyone should be very proud of it
it’s it’s incredible that amount of
money to be raised in this short period
of time I also think it connects the
full conversation we had because we
talked about how competition is good and
when competition is good and there’s
more monetization those people can then
create whatever Legacy they want and
hopefully it is a good Legacy with more
coming in it gives you the opportunity
to do more and now have raised over $2
million for kids in 72 hours it’s
amazing it’s impactful and we talk about
Legacy that’s creating your own legacy
not worried about everybody else’s noise
so cheers to both you and Angela is a
hell of a weekend all right quick rapid
fire and then we’ll get your trading
secret so ask you a few questions the
first thing that comes to mind let me
know what it is I know you’re a thinker
I know you’re very smart at analysis guy
don’t overthink it trading Secrets rapid
fire with Sergio Garcia here we go what
is one thing that you spend too much
money on you know you spend too much
money on but you’re like I got to do it
it’s for me it’s my convenience it’s my
thing what would it be I would say
private private planes private planes
okay who is the toughest person you got
to get matched up with someone you got
to go shoulder-to-shoulder walk all day
and play with them who is the toughest
person it can be either intimidation or
just their annoyance whatever it might
be toughest person to play
with I mean Ty W the first one that
comes to mind yeah it’s that that
presence is something else I think uh
you have the same presence because we
golfed with Rick yesterday he was a
scratch golfer you were around for two
holes he couldn’t hit the ball you left
and he couldn’t miss the ball it’s a
real thing all right let’s go to this
biggest the biggest prize check the
biggest tournament check you got when
you won an event just for winning the
event what was it how much
uh well funny enough I think my biggest
check was uh this year in Singapore and
uh live Singapore but I didn’t win
nothing in the second I think it was
like 2 point 2.1 or 2.2 million um
something like that but uh as a winning
check um I would have to say probably
the PLAYERS Championship I think it was
like 1.8 or something like that very
nice okay inflation and obviously
competition checks are getting bigger
you have to create a forsome today the
forsome has to include public figures
celebrities politicians whatever very
public figures who is in your for
sub
uh I mean I have to put my dad because
you know I love him and and he’s done so
much for me and there it’s difficult to
just put for because you know I want to
put all the people that I I love and
family ASAP but um let’s see if we if we
take family aside I will put uh Michael
Jordan uh I will uh I will
put
uh Ronaldo nario Brazilian uh Striker as
you know yeah good friend and
uh and
probably I don’t
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know I don’t know yeah maybe maybe a
past uh like a really me like a like a
Ben
Hogan that’s a that’s a good group right
there but Michael Jordan he’s going to
want to gamble you know he’s going to
want to bat like a under Grand in the
hole are you willing to gamble with
Michael Jordan that’s the question there
we can bring the stakes
down I like what Chris Harrison said
Chris Harrison’s like I don’t gamble
with people that can lose any AFF for of
money I’m I’m out on that all right I
have a million more questions but we
will wrap with your trading Secrets
Sergio it is one secret that people back
home they can’t Google they can’t learn
from a professor they can’t read in a
textbook the trading secret could be
about life money management career
management anything but it’s special to
your experience so one trading secret
with Sergio Garcia wow I mean nowadays
with social media and stuff like that uh
you pretty much know everything but
um
um I don’t know it’s
uh I think
that’s I don’t know if it’s interesting
or not but I’m I’m
fairly I don’t know if you could call it
OCD but I’m a little bit like I like my
things to be set up in a right in
special way you know so like my golf bag
you know the clubs they go in a in a
certain spot M and if me or my cad or
someone else puts them in a different
spot I have to put it back in the spot
uh my zippers on the bag they have to be
all closed like if I see an open Z I
have to close it it just happen it just
that I have to do it I don’t know why it
just makes me feel right so uh so I
guess I’m a little bit OCD when it comes
out to some of those things yeah I think
the idea of being like you’re meticulous
M and whatever career it is that you
guys have back home when you’re
listening the more meticulous you are
the more planned you’ll be the more
prepared and maybe even the more easy
you’ll be at when you’re doing your job
I rarely ask a follow-up question to a
trading secret but this is I forgot I
have to ask before we wrap caddies how
do caddies get
compensated uh well it depends a little
bit on the player but usually uh usually
they get uh weekly wage okay for travels
uh and then and then um you will do a
percentage of the winning of of what you
win that week okay so usually maybe you
do like 10% for a win okay 8% for top 10
and 6%
for any other any any other position
that you finish so got it um so usually
that’s that’s how you do it and then I I
you know I think some other guys do it
too but I like to give give them a
little bonus at the end of the year yeah
um and you know they they go through a
lot with with us U not only the
traveling but some of the punishment we
put them through so yep so they deserve
it he’s a giving guy on the golf course
with this candies and with for the kids
ATX Sergio thank you so much for being
in this episode training secrets we
appreciate it insightful impactful what
you’re doing on and off the golf course
is incredible so thank you for being on
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Fascinating! Can you explain more about Liv, the structure of tournaments, & controversies?