Manchester-based Martyn Hamer is looking to continue what has been the best season of his fledgling professional career with a good performance in next week's final of the SkyCaddie PGA Fourball Championship, supported by Sunderland.
The 23-year-old, from Ellesmere Golf Club, will partner Nick Sargent (from Eastham Lodge, Wirral) at Fulford in the £30,000 54-hole better ball event.
And after a satisfying season in the North Region and recently progressing to the second stage of the European Tour qualifying school, Hamer is hopeful of maintaining his form.
"I'm having my best year as a professional, having qualified last year having turned pro four years ago," said Hamer, from the Worsley-based club.
"I'm 17th in the Order of Merit and my goal (at the start of the season) was to be in the top 50 because I had never done it before.
"It is a nice finish to the year."
Hamer has been to the fourball final in the last two years, once at Hesketh and then 12 months ago with Sargent at Fulford.
He believes that experience, and his partnership with Sargent, will pay off when the action gets under way on October 1.
"I think we have got a really good chance," he said. "I'm playing with Nick, who is a good friend and who has helped me with my game in the past.
"In the (north region) qualifier we shot 58 and won by four. We have played in a few better ball events before and never got it going but it seemed to click on that day.
"It is about the partnership; knowing each other's game and knowing what to say to each other.
"If you look at the partnerships who have won it in the past it is the people who have stuck together."
Experienced professional David Shacklady has also made it through to the second stage of qualifying school and so playing a competitive final of this standard is just what he needs.
"It is things like this which keep it going in October - which is always a good thing for me as I'll be playing into November," said the Mossock Hall professional, who will again be teaming up with Gary Donnison (Stocksfield).
"It probably makes it a lot more important for me to have got to the final but is something me and Gary put down as a priority to get in.
"But saying that, it is something me and Gary put down as a priority to get in.
"We played [in the final] last year but should have done better than we finished - especially as the previous year we finished fourth.
"We have both been playing okay but we have to get off to a good start. Last year we got left behind.
"You have to be in there very early on unless you can go on a really belting run and you have to putt well because you expect people to shoot under par all the time in this format."
The fourball format is one the 41-year-old Shacklady enjoys but he knows that sentiment applies to most competitors and the popularity of the championship means qualifying is often slightly more difficult.
However, he is confident he and Donnison can enjoy the final, even if they are in contention on the final day at Fulford.
"There are more people come out to play in this because it is a slight change from the norm," he said.
"It is a nice end-of-season thing to look forward to on a good golf course.
"There is a little bit more pressure to a degree when you get into contention (in the final) but having a partner makes it easier as you have the added bonus of a back up on every hole."