Luke Donald breaks silence on Sergio Garcia's Tour return as LIV Golf star plots Ryder Cup comeback

Sergio Garcia has returned to the DP World Tour successful bid to play his mode backmost into the European Ryder Cup squad successful 2025, and skipper Luke Donald has present had his say

Luke Donald has revealed Sergio Garcia has each accidental of playing his mode into contention to marque the 2025 European Ryder Cup team, arsenic agelong arsenic the LIV Golf prima continues to travel DP World Tour rules.

Last week it was archetypal revealed by Bunkered that Garcia was 1 of a fig of players from the LIV circuit who had applied for rank on the DP World Tour successful 2025. It comes aft Garcia joined the likes of Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter in resigning from the circuit successful 2023.

Any comeback to the Wentworth-based circuit centred astir the Spaniard paying disconnected fines helium owed the DP World Tour, with the Fireballs captain's measure reportedly implicit £1 million.

His reapplication for rank nevertheless has seen Garcia wage disconnected the sanctions helium owed, frankincense allowing him to instrumentality to the circuit successful the New Year. The Spaniard volition person to service a prohibition heading into the commencement of 2025, but from past on, volition beryllium capable to vie connected the DP World Tour and gain Ryder Cup points.

Prior to settling his fines, Garcia had already been successful interaction with Donald astir a imaginable comeback, but remained ineligible owed to not being connected the DP World Tour rank list. Two months connected Garcia is present backmost successful the picture, and having 1 of Europe's astir experienced Ryder Cup players astatine his disposal is thing the skipper has welcomed.

“The much radical I person to take from astatine Bethpage, the better," Donald told Mirror Sport. "But I’ve ever said that immoderate subordinate has to travel each the rules and regulations of the DP World Tour similar everyone else, and if Sergio does that past helium tin play his mode into contention.

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"He’s present paid fines and taken up rank of the DP World Tour for 2025, truthful that’s an important measurement taken for him.” Donald was speaking up of the merchandise of 'Una Famiglia', a behind-the-scenes documentary covering Europe's Ryder Cup triumph implicit their American rivals successful Italy past October.

The documentary - which is released connected December 3 - provides fly-on-the-wall sum of Europe's emphatic win, which saw them bounce backmost from a record-breaking decision astatine Whistling Straits 2 years earlier. Half of the squad that were defeated by the Americans successful 2021 present play their golf connected the LIV circuit, including Garcia.

His loyalties to the breakaway league and determination to locomotion distant from the DP World Tour saw him miss the 2023 variation past Autumn, but his intentions successful caller weeks person shown helium is keen to marque his comeback successful European colours. Whether Garcia competes oregon not successful 2025 though, determination is nary uncertainty the Europeans look an uphill task.

The distant squad person won conscionable 1 of the past 10 Ryder Cups, that going the mode of Europe, aft the visitors secured their celebrated 'Miracle astatine Medinah' triumph successful 2012. Donald played his portion successful that triumph 12 years ago, and is motivated to replicate a akin effect astatine Bethpage Black adjacent September.

"Winning an distant Ryder Cup is hard and that motivates me," helium added. "The information that the players wanted maine backmost was besides a large factor. The US squad remains highly strong, and they volition person a large and passionate instrumentality basal down them. The ambiance volition beryllium pugnacious for us. But we acceptable a truly a bully blueprint to enactment from successful Rome.”