Lee Westwood has the World Number One spot in his sights again at the Barclays Scottish Open this week.
From the new Castle Stuart Golf Links course near Inverness, attention will switch on Monday all the way down to Sandwich in Kent and to the potentially career-changing Open Championship.
Westwood will have Claret Jug favourite Rory McIlroy to deal with there, of course, but the two English stars hope that playing competitively on a links course the week before will pay massive dividends as they both seek their first Major title.
"If you play well this week and come out with a good result - obviously winning would be fantastic - that's momentum going into next week," said Westwood.
"It's 1995 since I played links golf right before The Open Championship. That was Carnoustie - I think I'm a better player than I was back then, so we'll see what effect it has."
Although he is behind Luke Donald on the Official World Golf Ranking - a top-five finish on Sunday could change that - Westwood is ahead of him in the betting for both tournaments.
That is understandable given he was third at Turnberry in 2009 and second at St Andrews last summer, whereas Donald's best finish in ten Open Championships - he missed the cut in the first five of them - was fifth two years ago.
Westwood was at Royal St George's on Monday, but Donald's determination to improve his record can be gauged by the fact that he has been to Sandwich too in the past week and also played three other links courses in the area - Prince's, Rye and Royal Cinque Ports.
He also adjusted his schedule to play this week once the move from the inland Loch Lomond course was announced.
Donald is partnering Colin Montgomerie in the first two rounds and for last year's Ryder Cup captain the event is make-or-break in whether he maintains a record of playing in every Open Championship since 1989.
The leading non-exempt player earns a spot providing he finishes in the top five and Montgomerie, now 285th in the world, said: "It would rank right up there.
"It's the last throw of the dice here (he finished last in a qualifying event last month) and given the strength of the field it's very difficult.
"I've got to perform really to the top of my ability. It's a challenge and I don't want to miss the Open, I really don't.
"I've got a good draw with Luke Donald, number one in the world, and Peter Hanson, two of my Ryder Cup team, and hopefully they can pull me along to bigger and better things."
If it happens Montgomerie will be only too happy to take the 625-mile drive south.
The line-up also includes last year's US Open Champion Graeme McDowell, three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington - his first time in the Scottish Open since 1999 - three-time Masters Tournament champion Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose and former Open and US Open Champion Ernie Els.
With Mickelson's fellow American Matt Kuchar making the trip as well there are five of the world's top nine in action.
