Sergio Garca's time off the European Ryder Cup team could be limited to the last edition. In a first contact with the media in New York with a view to the 2025 edition, which will be hosted in September by Bethpage Black, a drive from Manhattan, European captain Luke Donald, who is returning from Rome, said that he has had "several conversations" with the Castelln native.
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"He is considering his return to the circuit, and if he complies with all the rules and regulations like the others, then he will be eligible for the team again," added the Englishman.
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On the other hand, the Golf Magic website quotes Sergio, who unlike Rahm is not playing in Europe at this stage of the season because he did renounce his card after joining the LIV, stating that he is in negotiations with the European circuit, the DP World Tour, to become a member of it again when the waters of professional golf finish calming down.
"If what the European circuit asks for and what I ask for are a little closer, the decision is 99% made. But if they don't make things a little easier... I'm giving in on some things, but they have to give in on others, and if we reach common ground you will see me playing many tournaments on the circuit in the future." The Telegraph recently published that Sergio would have offered to play tournaments when they do not coincide in time with those of the LIV and to pay the fines he accumulated by playing LIV tournaments without the consent of the DP World Tour, which the newspaper estimates at around two million dollars.
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"I want to support the European circuit. It's my home, it's where I grew up," he also confesses in Golf Magic. As a complement to the European team that swept the Americans in Rome in 2023, it would not be bad at all. Not in vain is he still the highest scorer in the history of the Old Continent with 28.5 points and has had a remarkable campaign this year, with a victory at Valderrama and five top-10s in 14 tournaments.
In the same interview, Sergio reveals that Madrid native Eugenio Chacarra will not play next season for the Fireballs, the team that the Borriol native captains in the Saudi super league. By not finishing in the safety zone of the annual ranking outside the top 25 after a discreet competition, with a single top-10, he was free of contract and Garca points out that they are looking for something different in the market.
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Chacarra, who in 2022 won the Bangkok tournament, his best week in what is his first professional experience, is free to sign for any other franchise in the organization. And if he does not find a place in any, he always has the doors open to try to access other circuits, because by making the jump to professionalism directly in the LIV he does not have pending accounts with anyone.
