Sergio Garcia was not a happy man after losing the play-off to Padraig Harrington in the Open at Carnoustie - and not just because he had lost.

The 27-year-old Spaniard complained about the amount of time it took before he could play his second shot to the 72nd hole when he was one ahead.

Garcia, who went on to bogey the hole, commented: "Having to wait 15 minutes in the fairway doesn't help when you are trying to win the British Open.

"I guess the first kind of five or seven minutes you couldn't avoid because the guys in front were putting.

"Then it seemed to take a long time to rake two bunkers. I don't know. It took a long time, a very long time.

"It's not fun, not fun standing there when you know you're hitting the ball well and you know what you have to do.

"With an eight iron or nine iron it's not easy, but you're hitting a three iron and you need to make par. It's not very easy.

"I'm just not happy about the extra lot of time it took to get everything ready for me to be able to hit my second shot."

Garcia also cursed what he saw as his exceptional bad luck.

"I don't know how my putt (on the final hole of regulation) missed. I'm still trying to ask myself, trying to find an answer on that.

"And then I should write a book on how not to miss a shot in the play-off and shoot one over. I just have to move on and hopefully do better next time."

At the second hole of the play-off Garcia hit the flagstick from the tee, but the ball bounced away.

"It's funny how some guys hit the pin and go to a foot. Mine hits the pin and goes 20 feet away.

"You know what's the saddest thing about it? It's not the first time unfortunately. So I don't know, I'm playing against a lot of guys out there - more than the field."