POTOMAC, Md. – Sergio Garcia has been rumored to be just one of the gamers attached to the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golfing Sequence, the controversial rival golfing league to the PGA Tour being headed up by Greg Norman.
In Thursday’s opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship, the 42-calendar year-outdated Spaniard dropped a not-so-veiled hint that added to, if not verified the speculation.
Just after pulling his tee shot into a penalty space on the 10th gap at TPC Potomac Farms, it took a while for Garcia to find his ball. Though he was ready to obtain it in the tall grass of the marsh, he was knowledgeable by a rules formal that he took extended than the allotted three minutes to do so, that means he incurred a 1-shot penalty.
But Garcia did not agree with when the guidelines official commenced timing him, as the clock begins once he is deemed to be in the vicinity of the ball. Whilst walking through the knee-higher grass, Garcia stated to the formal, “A few additional months, and I will not have to deal with you any more.”
The 1st LIV Golfing Collection celebration is scheduled for June 9-11 outside London.
Garcia could also be read indicating, “I cannot wait to depart this tour… simply cannot hold out to get outta right here.” The 2017 Masters champ also enable unfastened with a few expletives.
However Garcia declined to discuss to the media adhering to his round, a consultant for him advised The Put up that Garcia has in truth submitted for a release for the London party. He would not comment on whether Garcia planned to for the other 7 LIV Golfing events as perfectly, five of which are scheduled to be held in the U.S., including at Trump Nationwide Bedminster (N.J.).
Earlier this 7 days, Lee Westwood announced that he way too has submitted for a launch from the PGA Tour and the DP Planet Tour to perform in the to start with LIV Golfing Collection occasion up coming thirty day period — for the reason that the match conflicts with functions on all those tours, gamers must seek a launch to compete in it.
6-time big winner Phil Mickelson and Robert Garrigus are the only other PGA Tour players to have publicly fully commited to the London event, however other folks are envisioned to as effectively.
No matter whether players who do compete in the LIV Golfing Series will be suspended from the PGA Tour or DP Earth Tour remains to be noticed. Need to Garcia elect to engage in on the rival circuit, it could also place his foreseeable future Ryder Cup standing in jeopardy. The exact same is true for Westwood, who stated on the matter that it’s “in the European Tour’s court docket.”
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