Martin Kaymer wants to fight his way into the top ten of the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex this season - and there would be no better way to do it than with a win at the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player.
As well as his 11 European Tour wins, the German triumphed here at Gary Player Country Club in 2012 before the tournament was co-sanctioned.
His last victory came at the 2014 US Open and while he has eight top tens this season, he is eager to get over the line and improve on his current position of 13th in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex.
"The good thing is we can put everything into those next two weeks, at least for me, and then I have quite some time off," he said.
"It's an important stretch this week and next week in terms of World Ranking points and Race to Dubai. I would love to finish in the top ten somehow. I look forward to playing.
"For total satisfaction, you want to win. But it depends a little bit on the reasons why you haven't won. If you are in a working process for the future, it's okay. It's better to accept it.
"If you are one of those people who are happy with maybe winning once a year and maybe just winning small events but that's it in your career, then that's okay, too.
"I'm more the kind of guy who wants to win big tournaments but also win a few on the way there and I haven't really done that the last couple of years. I actually thought about it when I was walking to the 16th hole. It's been quite a while since I won on the European Tour. My last tournament was the US Open.
"But I know what the reasons were and that's why I decided to go back to America in the wintertime to practise properly on the short game, because that was mainly why I missed out. I had a lot of top ten finishes but to get over the line to win, or at least give it a chance on Sunday, the short game needs to be sharper. That's why I will focus more on that."
For total satisfaction, you want to win - Martin Kaymer
With this week's event joining the Final Series for the first time, the field has been expanded from 30 to 72, meaning a lot of the players will not have played in Sun City before.
That is no problem for Kaymer, though, and he is hoping to use his experience to his advantage.
"I think it's always an advantage if you've played a golf course before, and especially the way I played it before, that I could win here," he said. "Back then, I shot only eight under par to win. Maybe I need to double that this week.
"It's always good to come back to a golf course where you have positive memories and it's a very nice environment.
"The rough is a bit thicker I think than the last two, three years, so I assume that the winning score is not as low as it used to be. At least I hope, because in general all the tournaments that we played recently is all 20-25-under par."
