LIV Golf star Sergio Garcia has withdrawn from the Irish Open this week after missing out on Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup team.
The move is certainly a strange one, especially with his poor form over the summer all but ruling the Spaniard out of any involvement at Bethpage Black this month.
“The call with Luke was fine, but not the call I wanted, obviously, but the conversation was fine,” Garcia told Golf Magic’s Andy Roberts.
“Now, the only thing I can do is support the team from home. It’s as simple as that. I’ll be watching and cheering on the European team.”
This news saw Garcia pull out of the Irish Open, citing his disappointment at missing out on the biennial event as his reason.
“I felt like I was so looking forward to being a part of that team, and so I felt like mentally, you know, mentally it was kind of tough,” explained the 2017 Masters champion.
“I didn’t want to go there and not be fully engaged in the tournament and stuff, so I just decided to take a little bit of time off and spend it with the family and do a couple of things, you know, some things outside of golf and just kind of reboot a little bit, recharge the batteries.”
Sergio Garcia misses out on 2025 Ryder Cup
Garcia has played on ten European Ryder Cup teams throughout his career. He helped Europe win in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2018, while suffering losses in 1999, 2008, 2016 and 2021.
Not only that, but the 45-year-old is the leading points scorer for Europe in the history of the competition, winning 28.5 points.
There is no doubt he was one of the main reasons Europe dominated America in the competition, but his form from May onwards simply wasn’t good enough.
He did begin 2025 well, claiming his second LIV Golf victory in Hong Kong, but this was as good as it got.
Indeed, the Spaniard went on to record just two top-ten finishes after that victory in the LIV Golf League, eventually finishing ninth in the standings.
His major record wasn’t much better. A missed cut at the Masters was followed by finishes of T67 and T34 at the PGA Championship and Open Championship, respectively.
All things considered, it certainly appears that Garcia’s last involvement at the Ryder Cup will remain the record 19-9 defeat in 2021.
