Paul Casey talks to Sky Sports about his major ambitions for 2014

Paul Casey feels 2014 could be a very special year brewing for him if he can just find the finishing touches after rediscovering his best form as well as his love of golf after a difficult time out with injury.

Stand by me

Casey has been a long-time Nike golfer, and he has worked closely with designers on a lot of the new 2014 range he will be using. He also has them to thank for sticking by him during his loss of form and especially the injury - although there may now be a new clause in his deal to limit his passion for extreme sports. "No snowboarding is in the contract now!" he joked. "But seriously Nike were incredibly good about what had happened and they understand athletes, we like to play other sports, and this was just a pure accident and they were incredibly supportive. "It hurt me physically but it hurt my career, and it was disappointing for Nike too because I'm out of action and they're paying me money and they're not getting exposure but at no point did I get a telling off about it - Cindy (Davis - head of Nike Golf) was very good and keen to help in any way to get me back. "I've always been very involved. As soon as I started at Nike they wanted to hear feedback, but not only that, seeing that they've used the feedback we've given them to develop new gear is really great and gives you extra confidence in what you're using."