Home favourite George Coetzee will be looking to utilise all his local knowledge when he tees it up at this week's Tshwane Open.
The 30 year old is returning not only to his home town but his home track at Pretoria Country Club, and the scene of his second European Tour win at this event just two years ago.
Coetzee may know the place very well but with the huge amounts of rain in the area recently, the especially thick rough will provide a unique challenge this week, one the South African is relishing.
"I'm really looking forward to playing here," he said. "Obviously, there are a lot of expectations when you are playing at your home club but as most of the guys know, this is probably one of the toughest places to win.
"But with the local crowd obviously coming out here to support me, I'm really looking forward to playing this week. The course is in unbelievable nick but I have got to keep the expectations low and just focus on the job at hand.
"Hopefully just trust my instincts. Having played here quite a lot, hopefully things should be on point. I hope to play some good golf and shoot some good numbers. There's a lot of stuff that can happen, so I'm just kind of accepting it and moving on.
"The rough is quite thick. The guys won't be complaining about the course but they will be losing a couple of balls in the rough, so there might be a few complaints here and if you hit the rough you will have to suffer the consequences. I think it should be a good challenge this week.
"It's going to be great. I'm really looking forward to it. It wouldn't be fun if it was going to be a walkover."
With the local crowd obviously coming out here to support me, I'm really looking forward to playing this week - George Coetzee
Coetzee looked to be on course for a career year with two wins in 2015 before a broken ankle in a surfing accident ended his campaign, but he bounced back to finish 48th on the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex in 2016.
He has two top tens in his last three events of the new season and is happy with how his game is progressing,.
"I'm playing really well," he said. "I'm ticking all the boxes I want to, working on the stuff I need to and not just everything, which was the problem the last couple of years. I spent the last year just trying to find out what I needed to do for my game and it's starting to pay off.
"I spent years simplifying it and that wasn't fun," he laughed. "There's obviously a lot of questions that need to be asked and answered and it was hard work to figure it out but I feel like I've kind of understood my game now.
"Obviously, golf is not a perfect game but working on the kind of stuff that I need to work on is very important."
As part of his desire to give something back to his local community, Coetzee organised a golf day during his injury lay-off to raise funds for an orphanage in nearby Atteridgeville.
The event, held right here at Pretoria Country Club, helped raise 450,000 Rand, and Coetzee is hoping to do more in the future.
"I spent six months on the sidelines feeling like the golf wasn't filling the gap because I wasn't playing so I realised that I needed to do something more," he said.
"So we got a team together, all the sponsors chipped in, and we had a great golf day. Hopefully we can build on that and give back to the community and put some smiles on the kids' faces."
