Alex Noren is hoping the memory of last season's victory can spur him on in South Africa when he tees it up at the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player.
Noren claimed his fourth victory in 11 events last season at Gary Player Country Club and gave himself a chance of finishing top of the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex as the season moved towards a dramatic climax.
The Swede admits that the shock nature of his comeback win and the need to quickly move on to the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai meant he never really got the chance to soak up his triumph in Sun City.
There is plenty at stake this season with the campaign's penultimate event joining the Rolex Series, and before Noren goes in hunt for a second win in one of those events, he is going to properly take in his 2016 triumph.
"It's such a good feeling," he said. "Last time I was here - you have all the memories from there, it brings you back. It seems like not very long ago it happened.
"I couldn't believe that I actually won it because I was a lot of shots back before the last round.
"Everything went very quick and then I was off to the next tournament. Then you come back here and it's almost like you can let it sink in a bit more."
Noren fired a closing 63 to turn a six-shot deficit into a six-shot win last season, so it should have been no surprise to anyone when he fired a closing 62 to come from seven shots back and win the BMW PGA Championship earlier this year - the inaugural Rolex Series event.
The World Number 16 turned in 30 in Sun City before an eagle on the tenth saw him take the lead and when he holed from off the green on the next, he knew he had a chance.
Last time I was here - you have all the memories from there, it brings you back. It seems like not very long ago it happened - Alex Noren
"I lost my lead on the third day, didn't play very good, and I was just trying to finish off with a decent round, get a good finish," he said. "I wasn't really thinking about winning at all. I just wanted to get a good finish going into Dubai and have a good finish there, build some momentum for Dubai.
"With that eagle on ten, I holed a big lob shot on 11 and then all of a sudden I was like 'I can do this'."
Gary Player Country Club is the third longest course in European Tour history at 7,831 yards but Noren believes the tests will come from many different places this week.
"Last year the wind was quite strong at times and the greens are quite small, they hide the pins on the edges and I think when you try to be too aggressive it can bite you in the back," he said.
"Overall you have to play pretty good to shoot low. You can make birdies out there but I think you have to know your way around."
