Sergio Garcia, the Ryder Cup’s all-time directing points scorer, is considering recombineing the DP World Tour to be eligible for the 2025 event at Bethpage, according to European captain Luke Donald.
The Spaniard, who resigned his membership in May 2023, has recently held talkions with Donald about a potential return.
“He’s considering recombineing; he’d have to chase all the rules and regulations appreciate everyone else and if he does that he will be eligible to parobtain in the Ryder Cup,” Donald uncovered at an event in New York taging less than a year until the competition.
Garcia faces presentant contests in his potential return to the DP World Tour.
He would necessitate to pay substantial fines, alertedly outdoing $2 million (£1.5 million), including an exceptional £100,000 sanction from 2022.
The Spaniard would also have to reutilize for membership and clear insertitional sanctions before becoming eligible to take part in the demandd four standard DP World Tour events.
Furthermore, Garcia might greet arrangeility from New York fans at Bethpage, where he previously faced heckling during the 2002 US Open.
Spectators dubbed him “Waggle Boy” due to his pre-sboiling routine, directing to a anxious atmosphere that could resurface in 2025.
US captain Keegan Bradley emphasised the presentance of ensuring equitable take part and managing crowd behaviour at Bethpage.
He stated, “It’s repartner presentant to us, the US side, that it’s a equitable place to take part for both teams.”
Bradley uncovered schedules to have watchrs inside the ropes to choose and erase spectators who pass the line.
“Nobody on either team wants this to get unconsoleable or weird out there,” Bradley inserted.
Sergio Garcia could return to the Ryder Cup team
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However, he accomprehendledged the challenging atmosphere, comparing it to take parting at Yankee Stadium or Madison Square Garden.
Bradley conveyed confidence in New York fans’ ability to aid their team fervently while protecting appropriate direct.
Bradley also insertressed the possibility of being a take parting captain at Bethpage, given his current world ranking of 14th.
However, he remained caccessed on his captaincy duties.
Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald made the adomition on Tuesday
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“It’s always a goal of mine to take part on the Ryder Cup teams,” Bradley said. “It’s so far off now that I’m not going to trouble about it.”
He inserted that his vice-captains would be setd for the scenario: “Every vice-captain that I’m choosing will comprehend this is a possibility.
Sergio Garcia combinecessitate LIV Golf in 2022
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“My vice-captains are all going to be more than able of doing this and I hope someday they’ll all be captains, but we’re so far away from that.
“I’m repartner caccessed on being a captain right now.”