Henrik Stenson always knew 2016 was going to be a big year but a win this week at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai could easily make it the greatest of his illustrious career.
The Swede has never been any stranger to success - holing the vital putt as Europe won the Ryder Cup in 2006 and winning the Race to Dubai and FedEx Cup in 2013 - 2016, though, has been something quite different.
After securing four top tens in his first six starts, Stenson won the BMW International Open to claim his first European Tour title since the second of back-to-back triumphs here at Jumeirah Golf Estates in 2014.
Three weeks later he fired a closing 63 at Royal Troon to beat Phil Mickelson in one of the greatest battles the game has ever seen and win The Open Championship and his first Major, sending a host of records tumbling to boot.
That win saw him join Robert Karlsson on 11 European Tour wins - the highest amount by a Swede - and more national glory was to follow as he claimed a silver medal at the Olympic Men's Golf Competition.
A tie for second at the WGC-HSBC Champions last month saw him hit the front in the Race to Dubai Rankings presented by Rolex and he arrives at the season finale knowing a third win of the season will see him crowned Europe's Number One for the second time.
I'm in a great position, I couldn't have asked for anything better - Henrik Stenson
Only a Danny Willett win this week takes the situation out of Stenson's hands and the 40 year old is ready for a big finish.
"It was going to be a big year," he said. "We had the Olympics, Ryder Cup, the Majors - as always - and my mindset was I wanted to play well at those ones, and a lot of times over my career when I really put my mind to something, I managed to achieve it.
"That was a big goal of mine to try to be ready when we hit the summer because it was going to be a busy one and not much time for practice and breaks. Just doing some good practice in the springtime and being ready for when the summer came and I had that important win at the BMW International in Cologne.
"That was a key moment for me. I had not won for a while and to get that one over the finish line, it felt like winning again was out of the window and I just pressed on from there.
"It would be one of my finest achievements. It was pretty sweet to be here as Europe's Number One in 2013 and I don't think it would be any less sweet being here as Europe's Number One in 2016 with the season that I've had and winning The Open and some other fine performances throughout the year.
"I'm certainly keen. I'm going to give it my best. We all have a long season behind us, this is the final stretch, four rounds of golf. Whether I play great or good or average or whatever it might be, I'm going to try my hardest for four days, and that's all I can do and we'll see where it takes us."
A win would seal the deal for Stenson and while Willett, Alex Noren and Rory McIlroy all have a chance of claiming the Harry Vardon trophy this week, he knows he is in position A.
"I'm in a great position, I couldn't have asked for anything better," he said.
"That's all I wanted to do. I wanted to be in a position where I had it in my own hands knowing that if I win here, that would seal the deal and I'm in an even better position given that I don't necessarily need to win, even though that's kind of my mindset coming in here."
