Ryan Fox insists he will not be changing a thing as he aims to hunt down DP World Tour Rankings in Partnership with Rolex leader Rory McIlroy at this week's DP World Tour Championship.
Fox, who sits second in the standings, is looking to become the first New Zealander to be crowned Europe's Number One and goes into the season finale in fine form.
The 35-year-old has won two titles so far in the 2022 campaign - the Ras al Khaimah Classic and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - and came up just short at last week's Nedbank Golf Challenge, with only a bogey at the last denying him a place in a play-off.
Victory there would have seen Fox overtake Northern Irishman McIlroy at the top of the DP World Tour Rankings with one event left to play but he instead has a 128.1-point deficit to overcome at the final Rolex Series event of the season in Dubai.
World Number 24 Fox is delighted to find himself challenging at the top end of the standings and vowed not to do anything differently this week, despite the Harry Vardon Trophy being on the line.
He said: "Rory is the best player in the world. He's obviously the favourite but to be in this position is great and I've got nothing to lose this week.
"Won't do anything different from what I've been doing all year. Just go out and try to beat the golf course and see what happens in that sense and that's served me pretty well and hopefully I can do the same thing this week.
"Yeah, there will be nerves. I'm sure we will have pretty big crowds out there, which will be nice.
"But that's what you play golf for. You want to be in those big groups, and it's cool this year in the fact that I've earned the right to be there. Try to enjoy it as much as I can and hopefully continue the good form.
"I've obviously played in a few decent groups, been in contention a lot this year and handled that pretty well, so hopefully nothing changes in that respect on Thursday."
Looking back on a stellar 2022 season in which he has secured ten top-ten finishes, Fox was full of pride.
He added: "I couldn't be more proud of what's happened this year.
"The goal at the start of the year was just to get another win under the belt, and I guess the goal probably for the last five, six years on Tour has been to try to get in the top 50. I've cemented my face in there now for a little while which is really cool.
"And to be in this position this week and have a chance to win the Harry Vardon Trophy is amazing, and as I said earlier, I've got nothing to lose in that respect. Go out and give it a crack and see what happens. It's kind of a nice place to be."
