Bernd Wiesberger will tee it up at the Shenzhen International for the first time this week as he looks to turn his encouraging form so far this season into a fourth European Tour win.
The Austrian has yet to miss a cut in 2017 and has two top fives, including a top three finish at the Maybank Championship in his last regular event.
Top-50 finishes at the Masters Tournament and the WGC - Mexico Championship have shown he is not far away, and he is now looking to turn his consistency into victories.
"Malaysia was a while back now but I think my game, especially the last couple of weeks in the States starting at the WGC and the Masters, I’ve felt like I have played good golf," he said.
"It’s a really nice golf course, obviously the layout is good and it has some variety, it has some shorter ones and some longer ones, the par fives are all reachable if you want to go a bit more aggressive so it’s going to be a fun week here.
"It’s my first year here in Shenzhen, I hadn’t made the trip over here yet for the first couple of stagings but from what I have heard it’s a great event, all of the guys are really happy with how everything is run and the course looks to be in great shape."
All of the guys are really happy with how everything is run and the course looks to be in great shape - Bernd Wiesberger
Wiesberger was edged into fourth at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by Tommy Fleetwood as the Englishman looks to be building a career-best year.
The 26 year old followed his win in Abu Dhabi with a second-place finish in Mexico and he currently sits second in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.
After finishes of third and 19th at Genzon Golf Club the past two years, Fleetwood clearly feels confident in Shenzhen and is aiming to feature well again.
"Last year I actually struggled, I didn’t hit it very well so it was nice to know that I could score around the course when I wasn’t really on it," he said. "But I had two good years, so when you look at the schedule this is a course I really like so I was always looking forward to coming back.
"My last tournament was the Masters and I actually played well, I just struggled on the greens and I didn’t score anywhere near what I should have done. My game has still held up, my swing is still good and I have been hitting it fine, so it’s nice after a rest and a week off to come back out.
"I do like the course, the two nines are very different – the front nine you hit one driver and then on the back nine there is a lot of water on it but you hit a lot of drivers as well, so those two play different.
"It’s a bit firmer this year so you can run out a bit more, but the fairways are quite wide and forgiving, usually the last few years it’s on the greens that stop people scoring, they are quite tricky with subtle breaks that are hard to read and that’s been the hardest part of the course."
