Sergio Garcia has addressed his future as a professional golfer after it was announced golf's two biggest rivals - the PGA Tour and LIV Golf - had agreed plans to merge.
Garcia became one of the biggest names to join LIV last summer, and is one of the breakaway circuit's 12 team captains, taking charge of the Fireballs. Just weeks before his Saudi switch the Spaniard infamously confirmed his plans to leave the PGA Tour in a remarkable on-course rant.
After disagreeing with a ruling at last year's Wells Fargo Championship, the 2017 Masters champion could not hide his frustrations, calling out: "I can’t wait to leave this tour… just a couple more weeks until I don’t have to deal with you anymore.”
Amid the recent merger though, it seems Garcia could well be eyeing a PGA and DP World Tour comeback despite appearing to have previously cut all ties. The future of LIV Golf remains up in the air following the recent agreement between Tour boss Jay Monahan and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF).
And if the breakaway circuit was to be disbanded, Garcia believes his only option is to return to his former tours. When quizzed whether he would make a comeback if the LIV setup was folded, he told Sky Sports: "Well if there is no LIV Golf I have to go somewhere."
Garcia himself holds a big role within LIV Golf having been named a team captain, but even he remains in the dark as to what the future holds for the breakaway league. Asked what he had heard of LIV's plans, he said: "Not much, not much.
"I wish I could tell you more but unfortunately not much. I guess things will come out as everything settles, but I think at the end of the day it is where we probably should have been [merged] at the beginning and I think it is better for everyone, so that is the most important thing."
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Arguably the biggest loss for Garcia following his move was his Ryder Cup eligibility, after the former Masters champion was forced to resign his DP World Tour membership last month, just weeks before the merger. Garcia's is Europe's most coveted Ryder Cup player, and after his recent resignation he spoke on one day making a return.
"It doesn't look like I will be able to do it this year [play in the Ryder Cup] unfortunately," the all-time leading Ryder Cup points scorer went on. "But I guess it is all speculation at the moment so in the next few weeks we will found out more."
