Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia told Golf Night he is determined to win the first major of his career in 2010.
Garcia determined to end major title drought
He's a Spanish sensation despite having never won a major - and Sergio Garcia told
Golf Night he is determined to set the record straight soon.
The 29-year-old has eight European Tour and seven PGA Tour titles to his name but is yet to taste major glory, finishing as runner-up on three occasions.
It is a record Garcia is desperate to improve yet until he does he insists he is not going to lose too much sleep over it.
"I really don't care that much about it," said Garcia. "A lot of people see it the wrong way. I try to see it the right way. That obviously shows me that I am a good player, that they consider me a good player, that I've done good things.
"Unfortunately I haven't won a major yet, not because I haven't tried! It only shows me that I need to keep practicing and getting better. I'm the first one that is willing to get rid of that name, so hopefully pretty soon.
"I just want to go out there next year, give myself a shot, hopefully have two or three chances of winning one of the big four.
"The only thing I can ask myself for is to give myself chances and eventually I know it is going to happen."
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Garcia grew up a short distance away from the Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, where this week he defends his Castello Masters title.
Although he has a home in Switzerland, this is a place he clearly feels at home amid the many friends he made while growing up in the area.
His frequent trips to the golf course paved the way for a rapid ascent up the golfing ranks.
"I remember when I was 10 I was about a three or four handicap," he reflected. "That's when I started playing a bit more around Spain, in some national tournaments.
"I wouldn't say (I had a) special (talent). When you are 10 or 12 years old you don't think about those things. You love the game and you just play it and try to enjoy it as much as possible.
"The time when I realised that I wanted to be a professional and I could probably do something decent at the sport was when I was 13.
"I started playing a lot around Spain against amateurs of all ages, who had been playing golf their whole life. I started going to the UK and playing some British Amateurs and British Boys and things like that and a couple of tournaments in the US.
"That's when I realised that if I kept going in the same way I might be able to play golf for a living and that is what I would love to do."
