Sergio Garcia has withdrawn from this week’s Irish Open, telling GolfMagic that the sting of not being picked for the Ryder Cup led to his choice.
The Spaniard was not amongst captain Luke Donald’s at-large picks for Group Europe forward of its showdown in opposition to the US at Bethpage Black later this month.
Donald’s choice was not an enormous shock; Garcia had only one top-10 end in his remaining eight LIV Golf occasions of the 2025 season.
But it surely nonetheless left some sting, in accordance with the all-time-leading Ryder Cup points-getter and a 10-time participant within the competitors.
“I felt like I used to be so wanting ahead to being part of that group, and so I felt like mentally, , mentally it was type of powerful (to play within the Irish Open),” Garcia informed GolfMagic.
“I did not wish to go there and never be totally engaged within the match and stuff, so I simply determined to take slightly little bit of time without work and spend it with the household and do a few issues, , some issues exterior of golf and simply type of reboot slightly bit, recharge the batteries.”
A type of issues was visiting the US Open – the tennis model – as Garcia watched countryman Carlos Alcaraz beat Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
After the win, Alcaraz mentioned he plans to play golf Wednesday with Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion.
“He has to present me a minimum of between 10 and 15 pictures,” Alcaraz mentioned. “It’ll be nice. I am not that good, Sergio, come on.”
