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Wood aiming for elite company
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Wood aiming for elite company

Chris Wood has set his sights on matching a feat achieved by some of golf's biggest names at the British Masters supported by Sky Sports this week.

Chris Wood

Wood secured his third European Tour title when he saw off the challenge of Rikard Karlberg to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club in May.

Victory at The Grove would see the 28 year old join an elite group of players to have won both the BMW PGA Championship and the British Masters in the same year.

Sir Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros and Colin Montgomerie all managed the feat in their illustrious careers, and Wood is hopeful he can add his name to the list.

That would be quite something to have on your C.V. really, to be associated with those three players - Chris Wood

He said: "That's quite a big thing for me to take in. And that's extra motivation to try and compete and try and win the tournament this week.

"That would be quite something to have on your C.V. really, to be associated with those three players."

The Englishman, who represented Darren Clarke's team at The Ryder Cup in Hazeltine a fortnight ago, is pleased to be back on home soil for this week's event.

He added: "Just being able to get in my car and just drive up the road is great, instead of coming back from America and then going to the other side of the world, I suppose, is a massive help.

"And everything, just like little things, to drive to a tournament, knowing what you're getting for dinner, little things like that.

"Home crowds - they make a huge difference to the week. So the familiarity you get from playing at home I think is quite a big help.

"Obviously building up to The Ryder Cup, all the pressure was on myself, I felt, to obviously make the team. And then once you're in the team, you want to perform well and that brings another pressure.

Chris Wood

"The three events I played leading up to it were purely all about preparing for The Ryder Cup.

"It takes quite a lot out of you, particularly your first one, because you don't know what to expect, but now I've gone through it.

"It was probably a good idea to have a week off last week and then look at this as the start of the end of the season, really. You can sort of get back in your own bubble and get into sort of normal tournament mode again."

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