LIV Golf's Sergio Garcia set to quit DP World Tour as he blasts former Ryder Cup captain

Sergio Garcia has called time on his record Ryder Cup career after leaving the DP World Tour with a blast at his former captain Thomas Bjorn.

The all-time Ryder Cup record points scorer says he won’t be taking part in next year’s event after the fall-out from his bitter defection to LIV continues. The lucrative Saudi-backed invitational series is also close to securing new big-names to join up.

Australian Adam Scott, 42, is expected to be announced as a LIV player imminently. Even Europe’s 2023 Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson, 46, has been persistently linked with a switch - possibly as soon as this week.

Meanwhile Japanese ace and world No.14 Hideki Matsuyama is considering his options and is set to make a decision after next month’s PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Championship at Memphis, which has a £12.6million purse.

Spaniard Garcia, 42, admitted: “I am clear about what I am going to do with the European Tour, probably leave it. I want to play where they want me, I like to feel loved and honestly on the European Tour I don't feel loved now.

“When Thomas Bjorn comes to the BMW Championship and tells us that here 'we don't want any of you and all the players say so' , well, I'm already old enough not to be putting up with nonsense like that.

"There are comments that do not make you feel good. I have given more than half of my life to the European Tour and I was going to continue on the European Tour.

“I feel sorry for the Ryder Cup, my resignation is not official, but I'm going to make it effective. I have what I have and I am very happy with it and I want to enjoy it to the fullest. I will play less, I will be more at home.”

Garcia, the 2017 Masters champ, finished on two-under total at St Andrews after a one-over-par