Darren Fichardt enters this week's Tshwane Open full of confidence as he aims to make it back-to-back wins on home soil at Pretoria Country Club.
The South African won last week's Joburg Open for his fifth European Tour title and now moves 40 miles up the road to his home town looking to become the first back-to-back winner since Jeunghun Wang in May.
You could be forgiven for thinking that the 41 year old would be feeling extra pressure as he enters his home event with newly-raised expectations, but Fichardt insists the exact opposite is true and he is 'walking on a cloud' in familiar surroundings.
"I have been enjoying the last couple of days," he said. "Sucking in the win and stuff, it's very cool.
"I played the pro-am today and it's just like I'm walking on a cloud, you know. It just feels like I'm carrying the form of last week and everything is confident and there's no negative thought. Just focused on trying to win a game.
"I think it's effortless, you know, because you have already won so you just go out there and you are enjoying it and that's the key thing in this game. You need to just enjoy it, and let your talent and experience take over.
"I just play hole-for-hole, shot-for-shot and just have fun out there and the good results will come.
"I'm excited for this week, just play free golf and no stress and just give it my all."
Fichardt's win at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club was his first on the European Tour since 2013 and followed two seasons when he finished outside the top 90 on the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.
It's just like I'm walking on a cloud, you know. It just feels like I'm carrying the form of last week and everything is confident - Darren Fichardt
He is now ready to put those two years behind him and believes there could be few better settings than Pretoria Country Club.
"I have played here a lot as a junior," he said. "I live 50 minutes away from here so I have played it quite a few times and I really do like this golf course.
"I have had quite a bit of success here and I'm just excited I'm coming into this week in form. The last two years, geez, I was completely not in form so it was frustrating, I didn't get the most out the week. But now I'm very excited for this week and how I'm going to perform.
"I have got a pretty good game plan. I have been playing here for the last 15 years. I will just stick to that game plan and see what happens."
While Fichardt is a seasoned campaigner on the European Tour, Dean Burmester will be playing just his 40th event this week as he seeks a first win.
The 27 year old has three top 11s in his last four events and is hopeful that his breakthrough is just around the corner.
"A lot of people have been saying that a win is just around the corner," he said. "I'm just going to stick to my guns and do what I can. But if it does come my way, then that's great. But if it doesn't, then I'll wait until the next one.
"You have to be patient when you're playing well and not taking it one step further for the win. It's tough. Everybody's got their opinion and everyone wants to make some comment or suggestion. But there's only one guy holding the club at the end of the day, and once I figure things out, I should hold a trophy."
