Alex Noren may be the form player in world golf at the moment but that does not mean that the hard work stops for the high-flying Swede heading into the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
Noren has won four of his last 11 starts, including last week's Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player, and he arrives at Jumeirah Golf Estates third in the Race to Dubai and with a chance of lifting the Harry Vardon trophy.
The 34 year old needs at least a second-place finish and for other things to go his way if he is to overhaul countryman Henrik Stenson at the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex, but you would not put anything past him after his meteoric rise to ninth in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Rory McIlroy - who also has a chance of being Europe's Number One on Sunday - was in the media centre in Dubai before Noren and spoke of the remarkable work ethic of the eight-time European Tour winner.
And Noren is looking for one more big week to give a sensational 2016 its crowning glory.
"I think during my golfing life, I've always seen a strong link between where my technique is and where my game is," he said. "I've never been really good on practice and then not good in a tournament.
"So if I can get better technically, then that's my goal. If I can achieve the shots I want to hit, If I can hit a strong draw off the tee, we're trying to get my swing in a way where it's closer to kind of zero, I can choose between a draw and a fade.
You don't have to hit every shot perfect to win, I believe I thought that was the case before - Alex Noren
"Now I've got to kind of play with what I have, which has worked great. But that's my goal, to get the technique better in the whole game."
Noren had three top tens in 2016 before claiming his first win of the year at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and he admits that win at Castle Stuart did wonders for his confidence.
A new regime involving more rounds and less time on the range has seen Noren become a golfer transformed and he gives much of the credit for his sensational form to a change in mentality.
"I've got so much confidence by pulling off a victory off at the Scottish Open and helping me to achieve the one in Crans," he said. "You don't have to hit every shot perfect to win, I believe I thought that was the case before.
"You watch TV and you see the amazing players not missing a shot, but that's not actually true. As long as you manage your game and miss it on the right places and hole enough putts and chip well enough, you've got a chance. When you've done that, then you see yourself actually being able to win without feeling maybe that you have to hit every shot perfect.
"I think that's been the difference, I tried to play a lot more golf, so I'm more used to being on the golf course than on the driving range or on the putting green."
