El niño is back: Sergio Garcia is having fun again on the golf course and wants to be part of the Ryder Cup in 2025

You can see it when he’s on the course and in a press conference ahead of next week’s LIV tournament in Miami, García was calm, cool and collected. He was smiling, he was laughing and he avoided any controversy from LIV critics quoting Justin Timberlake’s song ‘Say Something:’ “Sometimes the greatest the way to say something is to say nothing at all,” he told reporters when asked about those who criticize LIV Golf.

García didn’t say it, he didn’t have to, but he has matured. It’s hard to believe he’s 45 years old. It seems like yesterday he was doing scissor kicks at Medina in the 1999 PGA, but “El niño” has had his ups and downs and, although some people might not like to hear it, the LIV team format suits García’s game. The fact that he thrives in team play shouldn’t surprise anyone. The LIV golf team format isn’t the same, but García has won more matches for Europe than anyone else in the history of the Ryder Cup.

Sergio García is enjoying golf and it shows

The numbers speak for themselves. This year García is third in the individual points ranking behind Joaquin Niemann and Jon Rahm and his team Fireballs GC is in first place with three consecutive victories in Adelaide, Hong Kong (where Sergio won) and Singapore.

He told reporters Tuesday that he enjoys the role of guiding younger players and he is working hard on improving his own game. Despite missing a 3-footer last weekend in Macau to qualify for the Open Championship, García is still hopeful he can play in all four majors in 2025, “Obviously, my chances get a little better if I have four chances instead of two that I have at the moment,” he said.

The objective for 2025 is to play in the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in September, but García is trying not to put any more added pressure on himself. “It’s very important to me, but it’s not life and death,” he said. “Obviously, I want to make that team as badly as possible. But if, for a reason, I don’t make it, it’s still fine. It’s not like my life is going to end. I’ll still be watching, I’ll still be supporting, but my goal is to be there, helping the team the best way I know how.”

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He told the reporters in the media call that he’s been focusing on all parts of his game, including the mental aspect. He has been working with a sports psychologist who has helped him deal with pressure when things get tough on the course. “The game of golf is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical,” Jack Nicklaus once said. Sergio has always had the physical part, now he appears to have tamed the psychological part of his game. “I feel like my game is in good shape. I feel like mentally I’ve improved a lot in the last few years, but mostly in the last year, year and a half,” he said. “I’ve always loved playing golf, but I’m really enjoying it the last year and a half.” With that mentality, García will be a force to reckon with at his 100th major at the Masters at Augusta National this year.

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