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Sergio Garcia’s simple advice to help amateur golfers generate spin with their wedges

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Sergio Garcia will soon turn his focus to another season on LIV Golf, having just finished ninth in the latest campaign.

Garcia secured one win at LIV Golf Hong Kong en route to his top 10 finish overall, while his Fireballs GC side finished eighth in the team championship.

The Spaniard is the captain of Fireballs GC on LIV Golf, where his compatriot Jon Rahm successfully defended his title.

But Garcia also had a season to remember, with his presence on the Saudi-backed tour helping earn him a spot in the top 10 highest-earning golfers of all time.

The former Masters champion has plenty of strings to his bow, with his exceptional ball striking a particular strength.

Sergio Garcia reacts to his tee shot during the second round of LIV Golf Andalucia
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Sergio Garcia’s advice to help amateurs generate spin with their wedges

Garcia has expert iron advice, while he also once shared the key method behind generating spin with wedges.

Offering a demonstration, he told Golf in 2017: “If you’re struggling with getting spin with your wedges, here are a couple of tips that might help you with that.

“One of the most important things is to make sure that you’re nice and stable over the ball, so that way you can be as consistent with your strike as possible and opening the club face as much as you can.

“Because of this, you’ll have to aim a little bit left to your target, maybe a yard or two. The ball will come out a little right of where you’re aiming.

“And then probably the most important thing is to make sure that you trust it and accelerate through the shot. Just let the club do the work with the angle, and you just trust it, then you should be able to do that.”

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Sergio Garcia’s 2025 LIV Golf results before Ryder Cup omission

It was a roller-coaster season for Garcia, who failed to impress when given the chance on the biggest stage of them all.

An 11-time PGA Tour champion, Garcia failed to qualify for the US Open, and missed the cut at The Masters, a tournament he won in 2017.

TournamentPositionTotalScore
RiyadhT6-13R1:-4 R2:-4 R3:-5
AdelaideT18-4R1:-1 R2:+2 R3:-5
Hong Kong1-18R1:-5 R2:-6 R3:-7
SingaporeT32ER1:+1 R2:-1 R3:E
Miami3-4R1:-2 R2:-1 R3:-1
Mexico City50+9R1:+3 R2:+3 R3:+3
KoreaT42+2R1:+5 R2:E R3:-3
VirginiaT38-2R1:+4 R2:+1 R3:-7
DallasT25+3R1:+3 R2:+2 R3:-2
AndaluciaT10-1R1:+2 R2:-2 R3:-1
United KingdomT21-5R1:E R2:-2 R3:-3
ChicagoT17-2R1:-4 R2:+2 R3:E
IndianapolisT17-12R1:-2 R2:-4 R3:-6
Sergio Garcia’s 2025 LIV Golf results

The 45-year-old then finished T67 and T34 at the PGA Championship and The Open Championship respectively, before missing out on a Ryder Cup spot.

European captain Luke Donald chose not to pick Garcia for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, where the visitors beat the hosts 15-13.

Ultimately the veteran wasn’t missed in New York, although he does remain the highest-ever points scorer at the Ryder Cup.