Sergio Garcia withdrew from this week’s DP World Tour event after being passed over for a Ryder Cup captain’s pick.

He’ll instead remain in the U.S., playing golf on Wednesday with tennis star and fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.

Garcia, 45, told GolfMagic that his decision to pull out of the Amgen Irish Open, which begins Thursday at the K Club in Straffan, Ireland, was a direct result of not making European captain Luke Donald’s 12-man side. Garcia, Europe’s all-time points earner, wasn’t believed to be among the serious contenders for one of six picks after the year in which he didn’t post a top-30 finish in a major and placed outside the top 10 in eight of 10 LIV starts following his victory in Hong Kong in early March.

A member of 10 previous European Ryder Cup teams, though not

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