European Tour:Sergio Garcia is working towards winning a first major but will not mind if he ends his career without one. Garcia had a chance to rise above Tiger Woods to the top of the world rankings earlier this season but has had a winless year so far.

Indeed, in 21 events the 29-year-old has not even managed a top-three finish.

"It doesn't worry me," he told Spain's Asnewspaper when asked about his failure to win a major.

"I am working and training to win at a major," he added. "I would like to do it but if I end my career and I haven't managed one I won't be any less happy."

Garcia, who is competing at the Madrid Masters starting tomorrow, said this season had been his most difficult so far.

"It wasn't that I didn't want to play but I wasn't focused on golf and that affected my desire and concentration and I lost confidence," he told As.

"Little by little I have improved," he said. "But it has been my most difficult year on a mental level."

Garcia said he did not feel under pressure when he had the chance to top the rankings, in which he was since slipped back to eight.

"I said that despite my own game, good or bad, it all depended on when and how Woods returned," he said.

"If I played well I had a chance, which would have been a really nice thing, but it depended on him and he came back and won like always."