Jon Rahm is looking to bounce back from his home disappointment in style when he tees it up at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions.
The Spaniard has enjoyed a stunning first 12 months in professional golf, winning on both sides of the Atlantic and rising to fifth in the Official World Golf Ranking in the process.
He made his professional debut on home soil last week at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters hosted by the Sergio Garcia Foundation but missed just his second cut of the European Tour season on one of the toughest courses in world golf.
He arrives at Sheshan International Golf Club - where scoring is usually lower - with two top threes in World Golf Championships this season and is certainly not low on confidence despite last week's showing.
"I didn't have my best stuff last week, " he said. "I was sad not to make the cut in my home country and my home event but I come here hopeful.
Losing in my mind is not an option. It's just, I don't like it. I don't enjoy it. I don't like the feeling of it and I don't focus on it - Jon Rahm
"I feel like every time I miss the cut I become stronger the next week so hopefully history repeats itself and I play good this week.
"The game feels good. Last week for me was a special week, a lot was going on, a lot more than I expected so that's probably why maybe I didn't perform my best, you never know, but the game feels good."
Rahm has become known for a sometimes fiery temperament on the course but he insists that comes from a winning mentality, something the 22 year old believes he was born with.
"When it comes to golf, I grew up playing against my dad and other kids," he said. "Whoever I was playing, no matter how bad or good the other person was, losing in my mind is not an option. It's just, I don't like it. I don't enjoy it. I don't like the feeling of it and I don't focus on it.
"I focus on winning, I guess I'm just hard-wired. When I like doing something, I like doing it the best I can. I don't think in failure. I try to look towards the success and that's where I think it comes from, the competitiveness."
Rahm still has hopes of finishing top of the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex, a title he would take off Henrik Stresnon after his stunning 2016.
The Swede has not quite carried the form that brought him a maiden Major at the Open Championship, an Olympic Silver Medal and a second season as Europe's Number One into 2017 but returns to a happy hunting ground.
He finished second here last season and is hoping the event can prove a sprignboard to more impressive form.
"I'm still pretty pleased with the year but it's certainly a bit of a hangover from last year," he said.
"Looking ahead, I managed to get that win at the Open in 2016 and that was obviously a big dream of mine to win a Major, to win the Open Championship and, at this point, I hope I can give myself another couple of good shots at winning another few Majors, so that's really in the back of my mind.
"It's also a Ryder Cup year. I've had some of my best memories on the golf course playing on the European Ryder Cup Team and I'm motivated to try and be there in Paris and win the Cup back."
