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Sergio Garcia quitting European tour: 'Not feeling loved

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Spain's Sergio Garcia said he is quitting the European tour because he doesn't feel loved anymore.The 2017 Masters champion, one of the first high-profile players to jump to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, will be ineligible for future Ryder Cup competitions if he quits the DP World Tour."I am quite clear about what I am going to do with the European circuit.

Probably leave it," Garcia told Spanish media after tying for 68th at The Open Championship on Sunday. "I want to play where I feel loved, and right now in the European Tour I am not feeling loved."I am very happy with what I have achieved, and I am going to try to enjoy it.

I will play less and will spend more time at home. If I cannot play any more major, that's the way it is, but it is not something that bothers me a lot.

I am feeling sad because of the Ryder Cup, but right now in the way I am playing I won't be selected."Garcia, 42, is a 16-time winner on the European circuit.

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Sergio Garcia, who plays on the rebel LIV Golf circuit, says he is going to "hold off" on quitting the European-based DP World Tour as he assesses his Ryder Cup future.

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