Adam Scott has broken routine and dragged himself off the lounge in a concerted effort to find form and confidence ahead of Australia's bumper summer of golf.
Scott is teeing it up at the PGA Tour's Butterfield Bermuda Championship for the first time in the hope of relieving a frustrating three-and-a-half-year victory drought.
Despite being in contention in several events in all parts of the world, the 2013 Masters champion hasn't won since the Genesis Invitational in early 2020.
The former world No.1 admits he's desperate to rediscover his A game, especially his sweet iron play, before arriving at this month's Australian PGA Championship and then contesting the Australian Open the following week.
"After a fairly quiet period at the back end of the year, it's a good time to get going again," Scott said.
"Not only try and play well this week but get ready to be going in Australia.
"I've played fairly solid all year and not got results. I'm not going to get results being on the couch at home.
"It would be nice to get a result going on the PGA Tour before next season starts, and try and improve my standings and get a position in a couple of these signature events."
Scott won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 2013 on the same Port Royal course he's playing this week and says it's a layout he feels at home on.
"I've played a lot of this results-style golf as a kid growing up on the Gold Coast. The grass is similar to home in Queensland," he said.
"It's helpful around here if you strike the ball well because it's hard scrambling a lot out of the rough, and with the wind blowing that feels like home a bit as well."
The second-highest-ranked player in the field behind American Lucas Glover, Scott is happy with his billing as tournament favourite.
"At many different times in my career I've come to events as the favourite or world No.1 or in good form and expectation being high. That's kind of what I like," he said.
"That's the environment I want to be in. If that's the case this week, I feel like I am the best player here and that might help me perform a little better.
"You can feed off that expectation a little bit."
Fellow Australians Lucas Herbert, the Bermuda champion in 2021, Harrison Endycott, Greg Chalmers and Cameron Percy are also in the field.
