{"id":43249,"date":"2026-07-28T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/43249\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:28:00","slug":"golf-stars-justin-rose-and-sergio-garcia-react-to-spain-becoming-fifa-world-cup-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/43249\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf stars Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia react to Spain becoming FIFA World Cup champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The World Cup final is the biggest event in sport, with more than one billion people watching the game worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>These fans included thousands of celebrities from all backgrounds, including other sports, such as golf and tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal both supported their home nation in the World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, European Ryder Cup legends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/justin-rose\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98395\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Rose<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/sergio-garcia\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98403\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Garcia<\/a> also reacted to Spain\u2019s victory over Argentina.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2286545217-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Rose plays at The Open Championship 2026\" class=\"wp-image-2594416\" \/>Photo by Warren Little\/Getty ImagesGolf stars Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia celebrate as Spain lift the World Cup trophy<\/p>\n<p>Englishman Justin Rose would have preferred Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side to have played against Spain in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/world-cup\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"62394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> final.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/spain-legend-iker-casillas-blasts-england-for-cowardly-performance-against-argentina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2593675\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England lost to fierce rivals Argentina<\/a> in the semi-final, which sparked controversy involving the Falklands Islands.<\/p>\n<p>That might have played a part in Rose supporting Spain in the final and congratulating them after they won.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations, Spain. Football won. What a brilliant World Cup,\u201d Rose wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia attended the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium with his wife Angela.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Garcia posted several times on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da_vJnZRXf1\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> throughout the day and sent the following message on his way home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable! What a win! So proud of everyone, not only the players but everyone who came and supported,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atmosphere was amazing. I\u2019m so proud and so happy to be Spanish and to have the chance to celebrate this amazing victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup final overshadowed one of golf\u2019s biggest events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/the-open-championship\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98796\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Open<\/a>, which also took place on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The World Cup final is the biggest event in sport, with more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9295,1146,86,4751],"class_list":["post-43249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-justin-rose","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-justin-rose","tag-sergio-garcia","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}