Justin Rose won his first Major Championship on one of the United States' great historical courses three years ago and he is hoping a win at the US Open at Oakmont Country Club this week can propel him to more glory.
Rose finished one over par at Merion on Father's Day in 2013 to claim an emotional victory which he dedicated to his late dad Ken.
The Englishman has come close to Major glory on several occasions since, finishing in the top ten of the Masters Tournament, Open Championship and US PGA Championship in 2015 before repeating the feat again this year at Augusta National.
His consistency has made him a near ever-present in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for the past four years and he is confident that more Majors will soon come his way.
"I think winning a Major Championship is just a fantastic gift or opportunity to use to free yourself up in future Major Championships," he said. "That's what I think it's given me. It's the monkey off the back, so to speak.
"A lot of great players haven't had the opportunity to win one yet. When they find themselves in contention, they have to face that line of questioning and obviously face those own thoughts themselves. So the fact that that's now off the table is an opportunity to go ahead and put the foot down and try to win as many as you can.
"So that's the way I view the victory at Merion. It's fantastic.
"As a boy, I dreamed of winning Major Championships. So now, when I'm an old man, projecting forward, I can at least look back and say I managed to do it.
I think there's many more to come. But the fact of having won, it's nice to have that monkey off the back - Justin Rose
That back is what has been giving Rose problems recently, with an injury forcing him to pull out of the recent BMW PGA Championship.
The 35 year old is confident he is over the problem, though, and is feeling good about his game in Pennsylvania.
"It's been interesting," he said. "I'm coming in fresh, which is the great news.
"I think this golf course is going to require a huge amount of patience, and I think that having that quiet time to sit back and assess my game and assess the challenge this week and coming in with a freshness, I think, could be an advantage come the end of the week.
Competitive edge, that's obviously certainly a factor, and that's where I'm going to hope that the freshness outweighs the competitive rust - Justin Rose
Oakmont is expected to produce one of the toughest challenges of the season this week but Rose, who had to overcome the adversity of a rough start to his professional career, is relishing the challenge.
"I've always enjoyed playing the tough golf courses," he said. "I've always relished that challenge.
"I don't know if it goes back to the fact of me missing 21 cuts and everything. Just tough starts in my pro career potentially toughened me up a bit from that point of view.
"Adversity, you face a lot this week. Whether I can shrug that off better than some others, I don't know, but I just enjoy this test."
