CASTELLON, Spain, (Reuters) – Sergio Garcia, refreshed and bursting with energy after a self-imposed absence of more than two months, is targeting golf’s world number one ranking.
“I made the decision to stop as I had lost my motivation and felt drained,” the 30-year-old Spaniard told Reuters in an interview yesterday ahead of this week’s Castello Masters.
“Now I feel full of energy and actually enjoy practising. I have set myself new goals and look forward to performing again at the top level,” added Garcia.
“I am playing this week to win the Castello again … then I want to return gradually to where I should be and perform to my full potential and that is world number one.”
Garcia showed how reinvigorated he was when he featured on the wing for his local soccer team against a players and caddies side at the Club de Campo complex yesterday.
Among the opposition was former Italy winger and coach Roberto Donadoni along with Spanish golfers Pablo Larrazabal, Alejandro Canizares, Carlos Rodiles and Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
