Sergio Garcia’s 2 trump cards can put him in the team in the Ryder Cup

After two years of absence, Sergio Garcia returns to the open title, the final round of the T34, where he snapped up the driver on the second hole, the ultimate champion Scottie Scheffler’s lighthearted horror of satisfaction, and many questions about his September plan.

Garcia held the Ryder Cup record with a 28.5 mark, open to his recent talks with European captain Luke Donald and his desire to win the 11th Ryder Cup. Of course, this decision depends on Donald.

“We’re talking all the time. It’s no secret that we’re talking about,” Garcia said Sunday after Royal Porthush finished the game. “That means being there for me. Obviously, if I can help the team, that’s my main goal. I keep saying.”

With the men’s main season over, at least 11 of the 12 teams that won the team in Europe in 2023 will be on Bethpage Black this fall. Rory McIlroy has already qualified for points. Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka are currently in the game. LudvigÅberg, Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick also appeared in the captain’s draft picks to return. Two spots left. One might go to Jon Rahm, another might go in the air between Rasmus Hojgaard, Nicolai Hojgaard, Thomas Detry and Garcia.

Garcia won the championship at Lev Hong Kong early this season but missed the Masters layoffs and finished the T67 at the PGA Championship. After Quail Hollow ended, Garcia said he wouldn’t have thought of accepting the captain’s draft pick from Donald, given his current playing style. But the 2017 Masters champion is no surprise to avoid that as he grows recently.

“The last two years have been good,” Garcia said of his game. “Obviously, it was a bit of a dive after the Masters. I did a great job in Dallas, I just didn’t do well in a few rounds. Then, obviously, I played very well at Valderrama, not at all, still doing well and still ranked in the top 10.”

When Donald is ready to fill his team in six weeks, Garcia has two things that help him as he leans over the captain’s draft pick.

The first one: experience. Garcia scored 10 points and 28.5 points on the blowout loss of the European team at Whistling Straits, including three points on the blowout loss in Europe, and Garcia will bring a significant senior team to a European team that will face the New York crowd in New York State in Bethpage Black.

“I think I can bring things to the team – any team that might need it,” Garcia said. “At the end of the day, having an experienced guy put their arms around you when you’re taking a class makes you feel like you don’t have to worry about it, and it’s great when people yell, scream and wish you all the bad things you could think of. Yes. [Parnevik] In 99 [at Brookline] As a rookie. He was easy for me. Obviously, we did a great job, but he made me very fun and it was easy for me to really enjoy the moment and enjoy the Ryder Cup, even as tough as the crowd. ”

Garcia talked about his good history at Bethpage Black. He finished fourth in the 2002 U.S. Open and tied for tenth in 2009, missing the 2019 PGA champion layoffs. Bethpage’s experience may have been another feather on his hat.

“It was because I haven’t played in a long time,” Garcia said. “We’ll see it. It depends. Obviously, it’s a good thing. I think I’ve done a great job there almost every time.”

Experiences in the Ryder Cup and Bethpage Black will undoubtedly make a European team looking to win on American soil since the 2012 “Medina Miracle”. Garcia’s resume talks to himself, but his possible Ryder Cup partner and their excellent first appearance as the duo may be Garcia’s ace with Donald. In 2021, Garcia and Ram scored 3-0-0 with a tandem, and were the only highlights of European teams washed away in Wisconsin.

“You would think so,” Garcia was asked if his partnership with Ram would be beneficial on Bethpage. “Jon and I are good friends. When we were playing in the Whistle Channel game. I was watching some YouTube videos during the game there this week. We had a great time. We were happily gathering together. Obviously, it was easy to play with Jon because he was great.

Rahm, with Partush, completed the T34 with Garcia, enjoying the sound of the Ryder Cup party in New York with his friends and countrymen.

“It will be very special,” Ram said. “I want to be on the team first and then think about others. Yes, it’s going to be very unique. He’s obviously a great guy, his Ryder Cup experience, his way of playing in the Northeast and actually playing in Bethpage, and he’s been doing well on Bethpage in the past, so he’s definitely a guy with Luke Ruke Ruke Radar.”

Of course, all of this is Garcia, Rahm and Hatton moving to Liv Golf. Although Team USA includes Brooks Koepka on its 2023 team, the European team has not yet included Liv’s members. Rahm and Hatton are both members of the 2023 PGA Tour. Hatton should be eligible for points, and it’s certain that Donald will use the captain’s draft pick on Rahm.

Despite the ongoing Cold War in Professional Golf, Garcia said he believes his drama, not the politics of the sport, will be the only thing that matters.

“That’s what he told me,” Garcia said of Donald. “It’s just the way I play, what I can bring, what I can add to the team.”

The Spaniard rejected the premise when it was suggested that the Open was the final chance for Garcia to make an impression on Donald.

“To be honest, I don’t think this is the last chance,” Garcia said. “I think there are still many weeks left. At the end of the day, I just have to do everything I can. I have to do my best and then we’ll see what happens.”

Garcia will need a captain’s draft pick to be his 11th Ryder Cup team. He has no chance to automatically earn the points he needs to pass. But his outstanding performance in the Rahm and Ryder Cup experiences may be his match when others are eager for a last place and making it to Europe. Garcia would not have left Northern Ireland on Sunday if it had been communicated to him.

“I wish I could have a crystal ball and look at the future, but unfortunately, I can’t.”

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