The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
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“I don’t even know the permutations. It doesn’t bother me. What I’m going to do is go out there and try to do the same as every other week, which is play the best I can and give myself the best option of winning this week.
“I can’t control what other people do. Obviously both Tommy and Justin are playing well, so I’m not expecting them to finish 40th or 50th.
“I see a 2% chance of me winning the Race to Dubai. But I’m fine with it, I can live with it. It has been a great year and that’s not going to change.”
What is changing is Garcia’s equipment after his 15-year association with TaylorMade came to an end, with the Spaniard suggesting lucrative deals given to other players was a key factor.
Parent company adidas sold TaylorMade in May, the same month in which Rory McIlroy signed a 10-year, multi-million pound TaylorMade con- tract. Tiger Woods joined the company in January.
“I guess all companies change and the politics with TaylorMade have changed after leaving adidas,” added Garcia, who won his first major title at Augusta National in April. “We couldn’t come to an agreement. I understand that it’s difficult when you have so many top players, to keep all of them.”
Garcia will use Callaway equipment for the first time in competition this week and, although no deal has been signed, a formal agreement looks set to follow.
“I would say the most difficult thing to fit into your game would be the golf ball, when you have played with one for quite a while,” Garcia added. “With what we have been testing, the numbers have been good with the balls Callaway brought to me. Now it’s just a matter of trying it in tournament play.”