The ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth may be a whole new way of playing a golf tournament but Thorbjørn Olesen is hopeful that some local knowledge will stand him in good stead at Lake Karrinyup Country Club.
The Dane won here in 2014 when the ISPS HANDA Perth International was a 72-hole stroke play event and he teamed up with Søren Kjeldsen in November to win the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf over in Melbourne.
The game is changed again this week with the top 24 players after 54 holes advancing to a six-hole match play knockout format but Olesen is not fazed by the new innovation.
After two wins Down Under in just over two years, the 27 year old is just happy to be back on a happy hunting ground, and looking to put a missed cut in his title defence last season behind him.
"I love coming here," he said. "I love coming to Melbourne and love coming to Perth. The people are very nice I think, food is good, just great golf courses also.
"I think it keeps me happy when you are in a place where you want to be, you like to be, then it makes it easier to enjoy playing and that makes the best of me, I think.
"I came in last time with sort of a bad spell, wasn't playing too well so it's obviously difficult.
"But I feel like I have a little advantage because I won here and I know the course very well and I love it here, so that makes it easier to play well when you enjoy being here. So I feel comfortable and if I play well I know I can do really well at this event.
It would be exciting. Six holes is like a sprint. Golf is normally a marathon, so you have to be ready when you start - Thorbjørn Olesen
"I'm trying to get better, trying to be more consistent in my game. I had a few bad spells last year and the year before so that's what I'm really trying and fighting for, to get a real consistent game."
Olesen is excited by the prospect of Sunday's match play finale but insists his game-plan will not change as he looks for individual European Tour title number five.
"You just take every day, every round, every shot, try to do your best," he said.
"In golf you can never look ahead. If you start doing that you get in trouble, so it's obviously exciting and I really want to be there on Sunday, but I have to keep focusing on tomorrow's round and then after that Friday's round and hopefully have a few more good rounds.
"I think this Super 6 is a great idea. I think sometimes 18 holes is maybe too much and takes too long a time.
"To get a shorter format I think would be great. It's good for the viewers and good for the spectators and everybody.
"It would be exciting. Six holes is like a sprint. Golf is normally a marathon, so you have to be ready when you start. You have to be mentally ready, that's for sure, and I think you have to be aggressive in match play.
"You have to play your opponent but also concentrate about your own game. It's all about making putts, I think that's the key thing in match play and that's what you have to do.
"I'd love to win it definitely."
