Boo-hoo: Sergio Garcia Is Quitting The European Tour Because He's "Not Feeling Loved"

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ESPN.com - Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia said he intends to quit the DP World Tour after joining the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, adding that he no longer feels loved on his home European circuit.

Garcia, who resigned his PGA membership to play in the LIV series, will be ineligible for future Ryder Cups 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 reporters after the Open 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's former European Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn, has been an outspoken critic of LIV Golf and the players who have jumped ship to the breakaway circuit bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

Critics say the new series amounts to blatant sportswashing by a nation trying to improve its reputation in light of its history of human rights abuses.

"When Thomas Bjorn -- former Ryder Cup captain -- came to the BMW Championship and told us: 'We don't love any of you and all players say so.' … I already have an age and had enough suffering to be enduring nonsense like that," Garcia said. "That's not pretty. I have given more than half my life to the European Tour and I wanted to continue playing it, but I am not going to be where they don't want me.

"It is very sad to receive such treatment for a personal and professional decision. … 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."

Aw, poor Sergio. He'll have to spend more time at home, crying in his millions.

Gimme a fucking break dude. The consequences were made extremely clear for months before this thing got off the ground. If you joined LIV, you were going to get excommunicated. Both by the major Tours and in the court of public opinion. That second part was made extra clear when Phil spouted out at the mouth earlier this year. This wasn't a move that was going to endear you to anyone.

That's not to say I blame most that have made the jump. For many, it's a no brainer. As a guy well into his 40's with his best golf surely behind him, Sergio probably falls in that bucket. It's just ridiculous for the guy to whine about the public perception when he was a total prick on his way out.

That episode was pretty much in line with how he acted throughout his career. There weren't a lot of moments after the '99 PGA at Medinah that endeared him to the golf world. Guy complained at every turn, played at glacial paces, and I don't think he's been missed since jumping ship.

So sorry not sorry Sergio.  This is the bed you've been making for years and now it's time to sleep in it.