Europe captain Thomas Bjorn has handed a Ryder Cup reprieve to Sergio Garcia, gifting the woefully out-of-form Spaniard a wild card pick for the match in Paris later this month.
Garcia was one of Bjorn's four wild cards announced on Wednesday afternoon, along with fellow Ryder Cup veterans Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Paul Casey, as Bjorn looks to wrestle back the trophy meekly surrendered to the United States two years ago.
The latter trio's selections were all inevitable due to their combination of good form this year and lofty standing within the game, but Garcia's selection is controversial as it means a host of talent in much better form missed out.
Sergio Garcia has been handed a wild card despite his miserable form this year
Europe captain Thomas Bjorn announced his picks on Sky Sports on Wednesday
Bjorn explained his picks, including saying Garcia was 'like a football captain'
The most disappointed men left at home will be Garcia's fellow Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Englishman Matt Wallace.
Cabrera-Bello made a big impression in a losing cause at Hazeltine in 2016, winning two points out of a possible three on a spirited Ryder Cup debut. The world No 29 also finished seventh in the PGA Tour's latest Fed Ex Cup play-off event last week.
Wallace won the final event before automatic qualifying was sealed, coming through a four-man play-off at Bjorn's home event in Denmark. It was his third European Tour victory this year alone.
Garcia, meanwhile, has suffered a horrendous slump in form since winning the Masters in April 2017. He has not made the cut in the last five majors and has slipped to No 30 in the world rankings in a miserable year notable only for a low-key win in Singapore in January and a single top-10, at the French Open held on the Ryder Cup course, Le Golf National.
At 38, however, Garcia has experience and a remarkable Ryder Cup record behind him. He has been the fiery backbone of the Europe team that has won five of the eight contests in which he has played, and if he wins three points in Paris, Garcia would overtake Sir Nick Faldo and become the all-time leading points scorer in the event.
Other European hopefuls to miss out included rising star Eddie Pepperell, another Englishman in Matt Fitzpatrick, Scotland's Russell Knox and Thomas Pieters, the Belgian who produced the event's best ever rookie performance at Hazeltine but has been dogged by poor form since.
Garcia's brilliant Ryder Cup record over many years has earned him a pick from Bjorn
Matt Wallace won his third tournament of the year in Denmark last week, but misses out
Rafa Cabrera-Bello is another unlucky absentee, having played so well in the last Ryder Cup
Indeed, it is the number of rookies who qualified automatically that has influenced Bjorn to opt for experience over form in his wild-card selections. Five of his team will be debutants: Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren, Tyrrell Hatton and Thorbjorn Olesen.
Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, and Open champion Francesco Molinaro complete Bjorn's 12-man line-up.
US captain Jim Furyk named three of his four wild cards on Monday evening, handing Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau tickets to Paris.
Furyk will add his final wild card to an already formidable US team next Monday after the conclusion of the third FedEx Cup play-off event, the BMW Championship.
Tony Finau is the favourite for the nod ahead of fellow rising star Xander Schauffele, with veterans Matt Kuchar and Zach Johnson and the unheralded Kevin Kisner also under consideration. A win this week, however, will make any player difficult to ignore - but Kuchar is not playing after being eliminated from the play-offs due to poor form.
The team in full: (Top row, left to right) Garcia, Poulter, Stenson, Casey, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood. (Bottom row, left to right) Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren, Thorbjorn Olesen
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Main photo article Europe captain Thomas Bjorn has handed a Ryder Cup reprieve to Sergio Garcia, gifting the woefully out-of-form Spaniard a wild card pick for the match in Paris later this month.
Garcia was one of Bjorn’s four wild cards announced on Wednesday afternoon, along with fellow Ryder Cup veterans...
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