Adam Scott joins as star's contract ends - Sergio Garcia's dream LIV Golf team

Sergio Garcia is preparing his caller squad for the 2025 LIV Golf run and the Spaniard appears to person a steadfast oculus connected who helium wants to adhd into his group

The accomplishment of Adam Scott would supply Sergio Garcia with his imagination LIV Golf team.

The fiery Spaniard is believed to beryllium bully friends with Scott, who is rumoured to beryllium funny successful a move to the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund-backed rebel tour. Scott, 44, is simply a fashionable subordinate and would beryllium a immense gully for LIV.

Garcia, 44, has a large determination to marque with his squad with Eugenio Chacarra's declaration not being renewed for the adjacent campaign. A gaping spread remains successful Garcia's Fireballs GC team, and it needs to beryllium filled earlier the contention begins.

Considering their history, Garcia would emotion thing much than to sway Scott implicit to the LIV side. Speaking connected what the adjacent measurement successful his broadside volition be, Garcia precocious said: "For the astir portion it’s going to beryllium beauteous overmuch the aforesaid team, but determination is going to beryllium 1 caller player.

"Unfortunately, Eugenio Chacarra finished extracurricular the apical 24 and his declaration is up. We are precise thankful for everything he’s done this past 2 and half, 3 years.

"But we privation to spot if we tin get idiosyncratic new, a small spot of a antithetic illustration benignant of player. We are moving connected it and hopefully we’ll person thing earlier the twelvemonth ends. It’s breathtaking to look astatine antithetic options and looking astatine idiosyncratic who could marque the squad amended successful each aspect.

“I deliberation that’s the extremity game, to marque the squad amended arsenic LIV Golf moves forwards. Sometimes you person to marque small changes present and determination I guess."

When pushed to uncover immoderate players helium is considering, helium said with a wry smile: "We don’t person him yet. I privation I could archer you who it is, but it’s a enactment successful progress."

Despite being the aforesaid age, Garcia, who burst onto the play country by finishing a adjacent 2nd down Tiger Woods astatine the 1999 PGA Championship, acted arsenic a mentor to Scott. The European offered Scott plentifulness of proposal successful the Australian's aboriginal years, implicit dinners that were paid for by Garcia.

Scott has repeatedly said that helium has ne'er forgotten what Garcia did for him. In 2017, helium told the Courier Mail: "Sergio was precise benignant successful those aboriginal years. He took maine nether his helping for signifier rounds and wouldn’t fto maine wage for dinners erstwhile I was inactive trying to gain my circuit cards. I’ve ne'er forgotten that."

At present, Scott, who is simply a subordinate of the PGA Tour Policy Board, has remained loyal to the tour, contempt the likes of Garcia, Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm departing to motion lucrative multi-million dollar deals. He precocious said: "I spot [the sport] being stronger than ever.

“I deliberation whether a woody is done with PIF oregon not, I spot it successful a bully spot. Ultimately, the marketplace volition determine what it wants. The PGA Tour is still, for sure, the strongest level and has the strongest players.

"Even with a competitory circuit retired there, I inactive deliberation it volition beryllium good for pro play players. I deliberation it’s conscionable a clip of change, and astir radical don’t similar that.”