Renowned Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia has expressed his interest in leading Team Europe at the upcoming Ryder Cup, with the anticipation that Tiger Woods will captain the American team in Bethpage, New York.
The European team retained their Ryder Cup fortress at home last week after beating the US 16.5-11.5. The regular names like Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, and Ian Poulter were absent from the Rome event given their affiliation with the LIV Golf League. A few months ago, they resigned from the DP World Tour, and their hopes to compete or captain at the Ryder Cup in the future ended with it.
As per reports, Garcia tried to make one last attempt to get into the European squad and paid £700,000 to the DP World Tour, but his plea was rejected by the Tour.
However, given the change in dynamics between PIF, PGA, and DP World Tou after they announced the merger in June, it can be expected that the qualification rules for the biennial event might change in the future.
On Monday, October 1, Greg Norman Jr., son of LIV Golf’s CEO Greg Norman, tweeted endorsing the Spaniard’s name as Europe’s captain for the 45th Ryder Cup. He pitted the golfer’s name against another veteran, Tiger Woods.
He tweeted:
“2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage. Captain Tiger Woods vs. Captain Sergio Garcia.”
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The 11-time PGA Tour winner retweeted it, signaling that he liked Norman Jr.’s prediction. Not just that, he also retweeted LIV Golf Nation’s tweet, which suggested Phil Mickelson and his name for 2025.
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While Tiger Woods hasn’t had an excellent record at the biennial event, Garcia is the all-time highest point scorer for Team Europe, and this was only the second time in 24 years that he missed out on the squad.
He has scored 28.5 points in 10 appearances from 1999 to 2021. He only missed the 2010 Ryder Cup after going through a rough patch but was appointed as the vice captain that year.
How many titles has Sergio Garcia won? Golfer’s career wins explored
Here are Sergio Garcia’s professional wins:
PGA Tour:
2001: MasterCard Colonial, Buick Classic2002: Mercedes Championships2004: EDS Byron Nelson Championship, Buick Classic2005: Booz Allen Classic2008: The Players Championship2012: Wyndham Championship2016: AT&T Byron Nelson2017: Masters Tournament2020: Sanderson Farms Championship
European Tour:
1999: Murphy’s Irish Open, Linde German Masters2001: Trophée Lancôme2002: Canarias Open de España2004: Mallorca Classic2005: Omega European Masters2008: Castelló Masters Costa Azahar2008-09: HSBC Champions (Note: This win was in the 2009 season.)2011: Castelló Masters, Andalucía Masters2014: Commercial Bank Qatar Masters2017: Omega Dubai Desert Classic,2018: Andalucía Valderrama Masters2019: KLM Open
Asian Tour
2002: Kolon Cup Korea Open
2008: HSBC Champions
2012: Iskandar Johor Open
2013: Thailand Golf Championship
2015: Ho Tram Open
2018: SMBC Singapore Open
Other wins
1997: Open de Cataluña (as an amateur)
2001: Nedbank Golf Challenge
2002: Telus World Skins Game
2003: Nedbank Golf Challenge (2)
2010: Gary Player Invitational (with United States John Cook)
