traded to Torque GC<\/a>, Garcia was on the lookout for a new signing. The 2017 Masters champion eventually informed Masaveu last month that he would complete his side for this season.<\/p>\n\u201cWe we weren\u2019t sure that if we waited until the end of the season that [Ballester] was still going to be available,\u201d Garcia told TG at a LIV media event in Florida last week. \u201cWe had to take that chance, and unfortunately that that meant that Luis wasn\u2019t going to be able to to do the whole year with us. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut things worked out, and now he\u2019s back with us, and he\u2019s going to do this whole year at least.\u201d<\/p>\n
It certainly worked out for Masaveu, who told TG he found out during the International Series event in Riyadh in November and \u201cgave it a big fist pump\u201d \u2013 but it may have been so different had Ayora seen things differently. <\/p>\n
Ayora, meanwhile, has eyes only for America. The world No.117 is already in the field for this year\u2019s Open at Royal Birkdale, but he\u2019s in a hurry to establish himself as a major force.<\/p>\n
Managed by Javier Ballesteros, son of European Tour legend Seve, Ayora dreams about winning the Masters above all other tournaments. The Ryder Cup is high up on his list of ambitions, too.<\/p>\n
Before that, though, the youngster\u2019s main focus is on claiming a PGA Tour card and cracking the top-50 in the world. Given his supreme ball-striking abilities, a DP World Tour victory for Ayora in 2026 would come as a surprise to nobody.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first year was a very, very good year,\u201d he reflects. \u201cA pity because I was very\u00a0close to the PGA Tour card, but in general very happy for the season and for my game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my dream as a kid and to be in the top 50 in the world, so I will\u00a0fight for that. I\u2019m very close because my game in general is very good, just a touch with the\u00a0short game and putting. I think most of it is mental. It\u2019s a matter of\u00a0time that I learn how to deal with those moments, but I think I\u2019m close.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s signed plenty of Spanish talent on LIV Golf \u2013 but there\u2019s one rising star that Sergio Garcia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-419269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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