Garcia empathises with Rory

If anyone in golf can sympathise with Rory McIlroy’s current romantic turmoil it has to be Sergio Garcia.

Just as McIlroy has broken up with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, the Spaniard has been through exactly the same situation in the public spotlight when his relationship with former Wimbledon champion and world number one Martina Hingis came to an end in 2003.

Garcia ended that relationship but was on the receiving end in 2009 when Morgan-Leigh Norman, the daughter of Greg Norman, broke up with him, prompting a slump in form that took hold for several seasons until last year.