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Shane Lowry hopes to cap his return to form with victory in this week's Nordea Masters in Sweden.
The Northern Irishman feels he has rediscovered his touch, as well as feeling much better mentally, over the last couple of weeks.
He finished 15th at the Spanish Open a fortnight ago and improved on that with second place at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last week before securing a place at the US Open in qualifying at Walton Heath.
"I am in a decent frame of mind as I've been playing quite well over the last few weeks," said Lowry, whose last win came in the 2012 Portugal Masters.
"I was struggling a lot and managed to find something at the Spanish Open and brought it into Wentworth and I really enjoyed it there and played well at Walton Heath on Monday.
"I feel I am mentally back to where I am when I am playing my best. I am switched on and nothing seems to faze me when I'm like this.
"With my finish last week and qualifying Monday I've definitely got two of the next three majors and hopefully the Open as well, in addition to the Irish Open.
"But tomorrow is a new tournament. I know I have done well last week and Monday but everyone is standing on the first tee tomorrow with the shame chance of winning."
Strong field
But he faces a strong field which includes new world No 2 Henrik Stenson, who is returning to the event on home soil for the first time since 2011.
"I've not played in this tournament for a few years so I'm seeing a lot of people who I haven't seen for a while," Stenson said.
"It's always great to catch up with them and I am really feeling the support. There are going to be a lot of people coming to watch - unless it stays cold.
"When you start moaning about the rain in England I suppose I deserve to get it back here. I never felt it this cold at the start of the summer - it can't get any colder otherwise it will snow!
"It would be great to win this week. I came very close in 2005 when I lost in a play-off when Mark Hensby drained a 30ft putt on the last to force a play-off and won on the second play-off hole.
"At that point it was very hard to take and it took a week or two for me to get over that. It would be nice to get revenge after being so close."
