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Garcia looks for Portugal spring-board
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Sergio Garcia will hope to use this week鈥檚 Portugal Masters as the springboard for a successful Ryder Cup after a difficult season that has seen the Spaniard record just one top-10 finish since April.
The 38-year-old was selected as one of four captain鈥檚 picks by European skipper Thomas Bjorn for the September 28-30 showdown against the United States at Le Golf National just outside Paris.
鈥淚 told Thomas, 鈥榠f you end up picking me, I鈥檒l make sure that I play something coming into the Ryder Cup鈥,鈥 Garcia said ahead of the tournament at the Algarve resort of Vilamoura.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to be without playing for four or five weeks coming into such a big and amazing event.
鈥淧ortugal seemed like a good fit and I鈥檓 happy that I decided to come here. Obviously the course is nice, it鈥檚 going to be a good test and I鈥檓 excited for it.鈥
Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, has dropped to 28th in the world rankings, but his Ryder Cup pedigree counted strongly in his favour with Bjorn as the leading points scorer in Team Europe history. It will be his ninth Ryder Cup appearance, having won 22.5 points since becoming the event鈥檚 youngest-ever player as a 19-year-old in 1999.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 need to show anyone,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he only thing I have to do is go out there and help Team Europe 鈥 my team-mates and my captain and vice captains 鈥 not only with the game on the golf course but outside.
鈥淭here are things that are important to have in a team. I think that is one of the reasons Thomas picked me, not only because of the game he knows I can play, but what I can bring outside of the golf course into the team room and stuff.鈥
Europe are unbeaten on home soil since 1993, but they were beaten 17-11 by the US at Hazeltine two years ago.
The Americans will bring a power-packed line-up to France, with Jim Furyk able to call upon nine major champions 鈥 including the resurgent Tiger Woods 鈥 in his 12-man team. Only Phil Mickelson, appearing at his 12th Ryder Cup, has more experience than Garcia across the two teams at this year鈥檚 competition.
鈥淓veryone knows how much I love the Ryder Cup, and that hasn鈥檛 changed, so I鈥檓 really excited about it,鈥 said Garcia.
鈥淏eing the top points scorer in European history doesn鈥檛 really matter to me. What I want is to get the cup back, that鈥檚 the important thing.
鈥淚f I can help by winning a lot of points, that鈥檚 great, but at the end of the day the most important thing is to get the job done.鈥
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