Jordan Smith is on the hunt for revenge as he prepares to make his second Team Cup appearance for Great Britian & Ireland this week.
The Englishman is one of four players returning from the side that were beaten 14½-10½ by Continental Europe two years ago at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort.
European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald is overseeing proceedings this week and there is a chance that some of the players that are friends week to week on the DP World Tour but adversaries this week will once again come together on the same team to take on the United States later this year.
Smith, however, wants any harmony left in the clubhouse when the action begins on Friday, with all 20 players competing in a session of fourballs, two sessions of foursomes and a singles session to try and help their team get to 13 points and victory.
"We're going to beat these guys," he said. "We want to beat them as badly as we can.
"It's great being back. I learned quite a lot from it two years ago because it was the first time I played team golf since amateur stuff.
"I obviously learnt a lot from that week that I can hopefully take into this week. I'm looking forward to it.
"I think two years ago, it was all brand new so I wasn't really sure how to act, what to do. Because I did it two years ago, I feel a lot more comfortable this year."
Smith represented GB&I at the 2013 Walker Cup and England at the 2014 European Amateur Team Championship and he is hopeful those experiences will also help him finally taste team victory.
"At the Walker Cup in 2013 we got absolutely trounced by the American team but at the same time, I learned a lot from that and I knew exactly what I needed to change before I turned pro," he added.
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"Obviously we learn from those experiences. I reflect back on two years ago and learn from them as well."
Another GB&I player with Walker Cup experience is Matthew Jordan, who played in the team defeated by the United States in 2017.
The Englishman also played in the European Amateur Team Championship, Bonallack Trophy, St Andrews Trophy and Eisenhower Trophy before entering the paid ranks and he is excited to be back in a team room.
"It certainly brings back memories of what is it, seven years ago now or something like that?" he said.
"I remember how much fun they were. Certainly Walker Cup, even the England national stuff that we used to do. Having a team and kind of sharing the same goal in a way.
"We weren't too successful in our Walker Cup but as you can imagine when someone wins, when someone shares, you share it together. That's not something we have. It's obviously very independent when we go out on Tour.
"It does bring back memories of how you conduct yourself around a team. You all sit together and you all chat and you all joke. There's like a togetherness that golf doesn't really necessarily sometimes provide."
Jordan was the last man into Team GB&I after securing four top tens in his last six starts and while he realises match play is a different beast to those stroke playy events, he is going to try to stick to his core principles.
"I think you always get a bit more passionate and geed up of course but I don't want to try and differ too much from Matthew Jordan because the reason that I got here was being myself," he said. "So if I try and change that, I feel that's completely wrong.
"So I'm just going to try to be the best version of myself. Of course when you're playing for nine other guys, then I think it could mean a bit more to them, or you could show a bit more. But no, I'm not going to try and change too much for myself."
