Garcia opts out of Wentworth event

Ryder Cup hero Sergio Garcia has turned down the chance to lift golf’s richest prize – £1m (€1.5m) – to play in an event where the winner’s cheque is significantly smaller.

The total purse of the Mallorca Classic on October 14-17 is £690,000 (€1m), far less than the first prize at the HSBC World Match Play Championship, but Garcia will be competing on the Balearic island that week rather than at Wentworth.