MADRID, 4 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Sergio García, along with Ian Poulter, Richard Bland and Lee Westwood, officially resigned from the DP World Tour, known until recently as the European Tour, with which he will not be able to be chosen for the Ryder Cup, which this 2023 will be dispute in Rome.
The one from Borriol, one of the most outstanding players of the recent LIV Golf, was more outside than inside, even more so when the European Tour won the legal battle last month to be able to impose sanctions on its golfers. “Honestly I want to play where they want me, on the European Tour I don’t feel wanted right now,” Sergio Garcia said last year after the British Open.
The 2017 Masters champion did not want to close the door completely precisely because of his love for Ryder, holder of the all-time record for points in the European team. However, the DP World Tour announced this Wednesday that it had received the resignation of the Spaniard along with that of the Englishmen Ian Poulter, Richard Bland and Lee Westwood.
The European Circuit recalls that the four golfers were “penalized for serious breaches of the regulations” with respect to playing other circuits last June. The Tour thanks their “contribution”, “particularly Sergio, Poulter and Westwood”, for their “part in the European successes in the Ryder Cup in recent years”.
However, in the statement on its official website, the DP World Tour points out that “their resignations, along with the sanctions imposed on them, are the consequence of their own choices.” Both the Spaniard, as a Poulter with legendary performances and a Westwood with a 30-year career in the tournament against the United States, will not be able to play the Ryder from this same 2023, nor DP World Tour tournaments.
The Swede Henrik Stenson was dismissed from his position as captain of Europe last summer for his move to the LIV Series, the Saudi circuit that continues to raise controversy a year later.