Billy Horschel is relishing the prospect of doing battle with the world's best players at this week's Genesis Scottish Open.
The World Number 15 is bidding to secure his second Rolex Series crown after fulfilling a career ambition with victory at the 2021 BMW PGA Championship last September.
Horschel knows he will have to overcome a stellar field if he is going to claim the trophy at The Renaissance Club this week, with some of the biggest DP World Tour and PGA TOUR stars going head-to-head at the co-sanctioned tournament.
But the American is looking forward to the challenge, insisting occasions like this are what the professionals play golf for.
He said: "This is a massive event. You've got the four current Major Champions and 40 of the top-50 players in the world.
"This is what we play for. We want to compete against the best players and see where we stand with our game and what better place than to do it here at The Renaissance Club at the Scottish Open.
"I think as golfers, junior golfers, growing up, we play this game to be remembered.
"We play this game to say we've won on the PGA TOUR, we've won the same tournaments as Tiger Woods and same as Arnold Palmer, same thing over here on the DP World Tour, thinking about winning the BMW PGA and the national opens.
"My goal was to be considered hopefully one of the greatest players of my generation or one of the greatest players in the game and hopefully be remembered."
Supporting @WestHam at the @ScottishOpen this week! ⚒ pic.twitter.com/1oBh17SFyw
— Billy Horschel (@BillyHo_Golf) July 4, 2022
Horschel has enjoyed a productive year so far, winning the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday on the PGA TOUR last month.
He said: "It's been a really good year. I repeat myself a lot but sometimes all the hard work and practice we put in, we don't get results out of it, so it's nice for this year, we start to see more results, what my team and I have done over the last couple of years, the changes we have made to try and be more consistent, try and win the bigger events, it's been nice to finally see.
"It's been a solid year."
