Sergio Garcia remains hopeful of claiming elusive maiden major
Wednesday 9 November 2016 10:17, UK
Sergio Garcia believes time is still on his side to end his long wait for a maiden major victory.
The Spaniard has posted 22 major top-10s in his career, including a share of fifth at both the US Open and Open Championship during 2016, but is still yet to win one of golf's "big four".
Garcia fell one stroke short of Tiger Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship and lost in a play-off to Padraig Harrington after letting a four-shot lead slip at the 2007 Open Championship, as well as finishing joint runner-up to Rory McIlroy at Royal Hoylake in 2014.
The world No 14 has won on the PGA Tour this year and missed just two cuts in 19 starts in 2016, with Garcia confident of taking his consistency in to future majors.
"When you have a lot of misses there's obviously always a little dent in the bumper in your car," Garcia told Sky Sports News HQ.
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"It's just a matter of having that week where everything happens, you feel really comfortable and you feel like it's your week.
"I'm still giving myself a lot of chances in a lot of majors and the most important thing is if I keep giving myself chances, then I'll keep getting possibilities."
The past five majors have been won by first-time winners, with Jimmy Walker the most recent of those at the PGA Championship, and Garcia believing he has the credentials of joining that group in the future.
"I still believe, because I still show that I can play great golf and I still show that I have a lot of consistency," Garcia added. "As long as I have that, the belief is always going to be there.
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"When I saw Henrik Stenson the Monday after The Open, he said 'you're 36, so you still have 16 majors in front of you before you're 40, so why shouldn't you be able to?'."
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