Garcia hungry for more

SERGIO Garcia believes he can win more of golf’s biggest prizes after finally claiming his first major title at the 74th attempt in an unforgettable Masters.

Garcia was playing his 71st consecutive major at Augusta National, a streak stretching back to the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie.

A month later he finished second to Tiger Woods i n the US PGA Championship at the age of 19 but had since recorded a f urther 21 top-10 finishes without tasting success.

All t hat changed i n dramatic fashion on Sunday when he came out on top i n a thrilling final-round duel with Justin Rose, a birdie on the first play-off hole making Garcia the third Spanish winner of the Masters — and on what would have been the 60th bir thday of t wo-time champion Seve Ballesteros for good measure.

Having claimed in 2012 he was not good enough to win a major, a more positive attitude has been key to Garcia’s success and the 37-year-old is due to marry fiancee Angela Akins in July.

“Everybody that is around me is helping me, making me not only a better golfer but a better person,” Garcia said. “It’s not easy, because I know how much of a hard-headed man I can be sometimes but it’s been great.

“And for me, the most positive thing is that I feel like I have so much room for improvement. Obviously I’m 37. I’m not 22 or 25 any more but I feel I still have a lot of great years in me and I’m excited for those.”

Sergio Garcia