World number two Sergio Garcia would rather win a major than overtake Tiger Woods as the world number one.
Garcia tees it up at this week's WGC-CA Championship at Doral with world number one Woods back in the field as he continues his comeback from an eight-month lay-off following reconstructive knee surgery.
In that time the Spaniard has closed the gap on Woods at the top of the rankings and has been in a position to overtake the American superstar this year.
Yet Garcia, 29, admitted on Tuesday it is a major title he craves most of all, having failed to land one of the big four championships in 41 attempts.
"I think that being number one in the world is great, but I would rather win a major," Garcia said. "It's just the way I feel; if I had to choose between the two."
He added: "I would rather take both."
Garcia said the number one ranking was not something he had thought a great deal about.
"It would be great, but you know, it's pretty much that," he said. "It would be nice to accomplish something like that, and more than anything, when Tiger is around, which is even tougher, but you can't see more than that on it. That's pretty much the only thing about it.
"The only thing I can do and the only thing I can control is myself and my game.
"If I manage to play the way I know how to play, and perform the way I know how to perform, the rest will come with it.
"(Being the) number two player in the world came at me last year just by playing well, being consistent and believing in my own ability. If I manage to do that, and that gets me to number one, that would be perfect.
"If not, that means there's someone better than me, and I can't control that."
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