Sergio Garcia remains confident his maiden major championship victory will come and is "just a matter of time".
Garcia suffered another big tournament heartbreak at Oakland Hills on Sunday when he let the USPGA Championship slip from his grasp over the closing holes of the final major of the year, allowing Padraig Harrington to close the deal instead with some superb putting on the back nine.
The setback echoed the Spaniard's Open Championship disappointment at Carnoustie 13 months ago when Harrington defeated him in a play-off, while he also failed to live with Tiger Woods at the 2006 Open at Hoylake, carding a final-round 73 to the world number one's 67 and slipping to a tie for fifth place.
Garcia said he believed he could have at least two major titles to his name already and is sure his time will come soon.
"There are guys that get a little bit fortunate; they get in contention, in a major, and manage to get things going their way, either because they play well or because somebody else comes back," Garcia said.
"Unfortunately, it hasn't happened to me. I feel like I played well enough to win probably more than two majors throughout my career.
"Unfortunately, it hasn't happened. That doesn't mean that I'm not in the right track. So I'm looking forward to the challenges, and I just am going to keep giving it my best, and it's just a matter of time."
Garcia said he felt he had played well during his final round at Oakland Hills, a two-under-par 68 that left him at one under for the tournament alongside Ben Curtis, two strokes back from Harrington who recorded back-to-back rounds of 66.
"You know, I played nicely. I shot 69-68 on a tough Sunday at a major. So I'm pretty happy about that," Garcia said.
"Unfortunately, I obviously came up a little bit short. But I guess that's the way things go sometimes. So the only thing I can do is go back home with my head up high and keep working on it.
"I felt like I gave it my best."
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