Sergio Garcia fined for Wentworth withdrawal as LIV golfer's glittering Ryder Cup spell set to come to disappointing end

Sergio Garcia, who has been fined for his withdrawal from the BMW PGA Championship as his stellar Ryder Cup career looks set for an anticlimactic end. Issue date: Wednesday October 12, 2022.

Sergio Garcia has been fined for his withdrawal from the BMW PGA Championship as his stellar Ryder Cup career looks set for an anticlimactic end.

Garcia withdrew from the DP World Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth last month following an opening 76, but did not give tournament officials a reason and was seen in social media posts attending a college football game in Texas two days later.

Players can cite emergency reasons or medical circumstances for withdrawing from events but Garcia failed to provide written evidence of any medical circumstances within the 21-day deadline and has therefore been fined an undisclosed amount.