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Sergio Garcia makes his first appearance of a potentially momentous 2016 this week as one of the big names at this year's Qatar Masters, which tees off on Wednesday.
As well his perennial hunt for an elusive Major, the Spaniard is almost certainly likely to feature in Europe's Ryder Cup team at Hazletine in September.
A win in Minnesota would mark Garcia's sixth victorious Ryder Cup performance and cement his position as one of the greatest European players over the match-play format.
There is also the small matter of golf at the Olympics in Brazil later this year, for the first time since 1904.
"On my way to @CBQatarMasters to start my golfing year. Excited to get going on a very big year for golf #Majors @rydercup @Olympics," he tweeted earlier this week.
But for now, the most immediate thing on the 36-year-old's mind will be trying to rediscover the form he showed in Doha two years ago to win the 2014 Qatar Masters. The $2.5 million Masters is part of the European Tour and is one leg of three tournaments played in the Middle East at the beginning of each year, the other two being the Abu Dhabi Golf championship, won on Sunday by Rickie Fowler, and the Dubai Desert Classic.
The tournament has attracted a strong field this year.
As well as Garcia, last year's winner, Branden Grace is in Doha to defend his title.
If he does so, he will be the first player to achieve that since the tournament started in 1998, but he admitted it would be hard.
"The reality is that the chances are slim, especially when you look at the field," he said on Monday. "So many top players like Sergio have won here and return year after year. Then we have Louis [Oosthuizen] coming back here and a lot of other players in really good form, so we'll just do our best and see what happens."
The South African had a splendid 2015, winning in Doha by just one stroke from Scotland's Marc Warren.
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