Dec 23 (Reuters) - Frustrated for many of this year by
a slow feet injury, Britain's Paul Casey has set his sights
on a healthy 2012 campaign, another feat on a U.S. PGA Tour
and a prolonged desired lapse to the European Ryder Cup team.
Though a Englishman won dual tournaments worldwide during
2011, his form and coherence were adversely influenced after he
was hampered by a bruise right toe in May, a condition that was
never accurately diagnosed until months later.
"It's been impossibly frustrating," Casey told. "The trouble
with a toe damage was that we didn't unequivocally know what was going
on until it was too late.
"I picked it adult in late May, battled by it and we didn't
really get a full diagnosis until August. By then, it was too
late to take a medical (exemption) so we attempted to play by it
and got into a lot of bad habits."
An 11-times leader on a European Tour whose usually PGA Tour
victory came during a 2009 Houston Open, Casey played with a plate
in his right shoe and his toes taped adult over a final six
months.
"It was a corner in my feet that wasn't permitting my feet to
move rightly and that put vigour on my toe," a world
number 21 said.
"What's engaging is that if we pitch a bar a approach I
should pitch it, rightly and a approach we used to pitch it, the
toe is fine.
"But those bad habits led to haphazard golf. My weight got
back on a heels and a bar started to go adult rather than
around, unequivocally simply it was too steep."
Casey, who climbed to a career-high third in a world
rankings in 2009, has worked tough in new months to change his
weight behind on to his toes, and on to a balls of a feet.
"That's where it should be," he said. "I need to do a better
job of branch given we finished adult attack a round with the
hands and a arms this year a lot. we only need to put those
things right."
WINNING TWICE
Asked to consider his 2011 campaign, Casey replied: "Well I've
managed to win twice around a world, though not on a PGA Tour,
and I've arrange of clung on to a universe ranking.
"I have forsaken a bit though we am still ranked twenty-something
and that's with personification unequivocally normal golf for me. Touch wood, I
can stay healthy and 2012 can be a good deteriorate for me."
An inveterate idea setter whose many new feat came at
the Korean tour's Shinhan Donghae Open in October, Casey has
established definite targets for subsequent year.
"My unequivocally lofty goals we haven't nonetheless achieved so they're going
to be a same in 2012, and those will be a majors and World
Golf (Championships) events," he said.
"But we have other goals ... winning tournaments, winning a
certain series of universe ranking points, creation a Ryder Cup
team, being behind in a winner's round on a PGA Tour."
Casey is generally encouraged to paint Europe during the
2012 Ryder Cup in Medinah, Illinois, carrying unsuccessful to qualify
for a 2010 group that regained a prize during Celtic Manor in
Wales.
"I am unequivocally inspired to get behind on that team," pronounced the
34-year-old, a Cup actor in 2004, 2006 and 2008. "With the
depth of talent that we've got in Europe, it's substantially going to
be a many formidable group to make given I've been on tour.
"But initial things first, we need to win golf tournaments and
get behind on that team. And stay healthy."
(Editing by Julian Linden; To query or criticism on this story
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