Brandon Stone would love to get his hands on the South African Open trophy again but the 2016 champion admits he - or anyone else for that matter - is unlikely to break Gary Player's wins record, even if he can become a multiple winner this week.
South African legend Player, who designed this week's host course, has 13 South African Open crowns to his name - four more than anyone else.
And although home favourite Stone has set his sights on adding to the title he won at Glendower Golf Club almost five years ago, he thinks knocking Player off top spot will prove impossible.
"Coming back to the SA Open, you always want to have your name on the trophy more than once," said three time European Tour winner Stone.
"You kind of look at the list of names that have done that and then every year you come back you want to maybe chase someone else's record, and then you look at Gary Player's and go 'I don't think I'm going to be achieving that for the rest of my life'.
"I think 13 times is probably a safe record and I think Mr Player knows he'll have that for the remainder of time.
"But at the same time you never want to be one of those guys who only gets your name on it once.
"It's the National Open. When I won it, I was 22 or 23 at the time and I thought 'OK, cool, I can play this another 48 or 47 times and maybe get to 50 SA Opens.
"It's one of those events that automatically goes straight on the calendar, so it would be nice to have a star or a trophy next to my name a few times."
Stone arrives at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City on the back of strong performances in the first two legs of the European Tour's South African Swing.
The 27-year-old finished in a tie for fourth at the Joburg Open two weeks ago before coming joint 23rd in last week's Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Stone is happy with the way he is playing and hopes that if everything comes together he could have a very good week.
"The game feels fantastic," he said.
"I'm driving the ball nicely, the iron play feels great and who knows? Maybe this week a few more putts go in and the short game is a little bit sharper and we can maybe see ourselves at the top of the leaderboard.
"It's so competitive out here. Having played these last few weeks, starting at Randpark, working our way to Leopard Creek and now at Sun City, it's the perfect way to prepare for the DP World Tour Championship next week in Dubai.
"So it's worked out absolutely perfectly. I couldn't have scheduled it any better for me because I really feel like I'm starting to hit my stride now with my game.
"It kind of feels like I'm as sharp as I need to be going into the final event and I really hope this Swing stays for the years to come."
