Sergio Garcia has paid his fines and will return to DP World Tour in 2025
Exclusive: Sergio Garcia has officially submitted his application to return to membership of the DP World Tour for the 2025 season, and he will now have a golden chance to return to the 2025 European Ryder Cup team.
Sergio Garcia has officially submitted his application to return to membership of the DP World Tour for the 2025 season ahead of the deadline of Sunday November 17, a DP World Tour spokesperson has confirmed to GolfMagic.
Garcia, 44, has paid his fines and he will now need to serve his suspensions before he is able to play again on the DP World Tour.
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The 2017 Masters champion is now a member of the DP World Tour for the 2025 season under Category 1.
The DP World Tour’s Category 1 membership is reserved for winners of the Race to Dubai Rankings 2017 to 2024 and the four majors from 2017 to 2025.
“Sergio Garcia submitted his application to return to membership of the DP World Tour for the 2025 season ahead of the deadline on Sunday November 17,” a DP World Tour spokesperson confirmed to GolfMagic.
“He has paid his fines. He will now need to serve his suspensions before he is able to play on the DP World Tour, but he is a member for 2025 (in cat 1).”
After news was confirmed, Garcia told GolfMagic’s Andy Roberts: “Yeah it’s all confirmed, I am a member of the DP World Tour again so very happy about it.
“Really excited to be back being part of the DP World Tour and excited to play a few events next year, support the Tour and obviously have the possibility of being eligible for the Ryder Cup.
“It’s now just time to play good golf and do some nice things.”
Exclusive: Sergio Garcia to return to DPWT in 2025
“Sergio has paid his fines. He will now need to serve his suspensions before he is able to play on the DP World Tour, but he is a member for 2025 (in cat 1).”
— Andy Roberts (@AndyRobertsGolf) November 18, 2024
Garcia resigned from the DP World Tour in May 2023 after a sports arbitration panel ratified the sanctions imposed on him and other Tour pros that joined LIV Golf without releases.
The DP World Tour then revealed Garcia was the only one of 17 players initially sanctioned not to have paid his £100,000 fine, “nor has he given any indication that he intends to.”
It is understood Garcia’s fines on the DP World Tour ended up exceeding £1m in total.
Garcia last played in a DP World Tour event in September 2022.
That came at the BMW PGA where he withdrew after an opening 76.
The decision for the LIV Golf star to return to the DP World Tour in 2025 means Garcia now has a golden chance to return to Luke Donald’s European Ryder Cup team.
Sergio Garcia is back on the DP World Tour in 2025. He just needs to serve his suspensions before officially making a return. Will Sergio make Luke Donald’s 2025 European Ryder Cup team?
— GolfMagic (@GolfMagic) November 18, 2024
Garcia will be looking to play in his 11th European Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in New York from 26-28 September.
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