Crew Europe’s all time main Ryder Cup factors scorer, Sergio Garcia, has reportedly been ‘denied a determined last-ditch try’ to play within the showdown in Italy later this month.
Luke Donald finalised his Ryder Cup team two weeks ago, with Justin Rose returning to the European facet for the primary time in 5 years alongside Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry, all chosen as captains picks.
However there was no room within the squad for any LIV Golf gamers, who had been fined and suspended from enjoying on the DP World Tour after the emergence of the breakaway Saudi-backed golf league.
Garcia, together with stalwarts of the European Tour Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter had resigned their memberships from the competition earlier this year, rendering any hopes of showing within the match in Rome out of date.
Questions had arisen following golf’s shock merger over whether or not the trio can be eligible to compete on the Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership on the finish of September. However these hopes had been extinguished by DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley who, in June, re-affirmed that LIV golfers ‘were still ineligible to play’ on the Ryder Cup.
Sergio Garcia (pictured) has had a ‘desparate last-ditch try and play within the Ryder Cup rebuffed’
It comes as Luke Donald (pictured) has already finalised his staff to play within the upcoming showdown in Rome
Garcia (pictured) resigned his DP World Tour membership earlier this 12 months and was subsequently fined £100,000 and suspended by the Tour that he received 16 instances on in his profession
However now, in accordance with the Telegraph, Garcia has made an astonishing U-turn in a bid to characteristic within the biennial match, with the outlet claiming that he had made a ‘determined last-ditch try and play within the Ryder Cup, providing to pay the DP World Tour the excellent fines owed by LIV Golfers.’
It got here after the Tour won a landmark legal battle against the LIV Golf rebels again in April, with a sports activities arbitration panel ordered the European Tour defectors to each pay fines of £100,000.
The Telegraph claims that Garcia, who had refused to pay his tremendous, ‘was rebuffed by the DP World Tour’ for his late try and play in Rome, with the Tour saying ‘there was no approach again in time for the match in Rome.’
A supply near the DP World Tour reportedly instructed the Telegraph: ‘They all of the sudden got here to us and stated that not solely would he pay the £100,000 but in addition all the excellent fines if was allowed to play,’ the supply stated, who estimated the whole invoice at greater than £700,000.
‘In addition they stated they’d play in no matter occasions we needed, aside from those who clashed with the remaining LIV tournaments.
‘But it surely was defined that, regardless of the continuing peace talks, as he had resigned his membership, he isn’t eligible to affix till subsequent 12 months.
‘It was all a bit weird as that was made clear all alongside. As it’s, Sergio stays the one one of many LIV gamers to not have paid the unique £100,000 tremendous. Lee Westwood has paid, Ian Poulter has paid… however Sergio nonetheless hasn’t.’
Garcia had supplied to pay £700,000 in fines to attempt to safe his place on Luke Donald’s facet
However he won’t be eligible to play, lacking the match for under the second time sine 1999, after Keith Pelley re-affirmed that defectors wouldn’t be eligible to play in Rome, even after golf’s shock merger
Garcia (left) is the European Tour’s all-time main factors scorer on the Ryder Cup, after he surpassed Nick Faldo in 2021 successful all three of his matches at Whistling Straits
Mail Sport understands that the 2017 Masters champion is hopeful to one day captain a Ryder Cup facet after the sensational merger opened the doorways for a possible re-integration to the European Tour.
Garcia, who has 16 profession wins on the DP World Tour and 11 on the PGA Tour, has, aside from 2010, been a member of each European Ryder cup staff since 1999, boasting a report of 25-13-7, serving to the facet win on six events.
In 2021, he surpassed Sir Nick Faldo to change into the participant with essentially the most particular person match victories, 25, after successful three of his 4 matches at Whistling Straits.
However he won’t characteristic in Rome, with Pelley stating earlier this 12 months: ‘There have been a number of ideas that with the joint dedication to finish additional litigation between the events, this additionally means our sanctions in opposition to gamers who broke our Rules will probably be waived,’ DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley wrote in a memo to gamers obtained by ESPN on Wednesday.
‘That isn’t the case. The suspensions and fines beforehand imposed stay efficient.’
