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Sergio García’s rallying display leaves Thomas Bjørn vindicated | Andy Bull

Spaniard justifies Ryder Cup call-up by proving he is a true leader with a day of input on and off the courseOf the hundreds of decisions Thomas Bjørn has had to make since he took on the captaincy two years ago, picking Sergio García was one of the riskiest. Not that Bjørn ever saw it that way. He has been on the same team as García in six Ryder Cups, as a teammate and a vice-captain. Now he was in charge, he knew he wanted him in his team, even if he had to use one of his wildcard picks to do it. The problem was, hardly anyone else seemed to agree with him.García had been playing some poor stuff...

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