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Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy is confident he can become a multi-major winner, saying he felt the grand slams were “slightly easier” than regular tournaments.
Ogilvy, who won the US Open in 2006, will again base his schedule around the majors but is also aiming to spend more time in Europe in the lead-up to the $US10 million ($A16.61 million) Race to Dubai event next year.
The Victorian this year started brightly with a victory in the lucrative World Golf Championship CA championship before his game began to plateau midway through the season.
But he again performed well in the US Open, finishing in a tie for ninth.
In his breakthrough year of 2006 Ogilvy finished joint ninth in the US PGA Championship and 16th in the US Masters and British Open, as well as winning the US Open.
He said today he always felt more at ease than most of the players in the field at the major events.
“I’ve played decent in the majors,” Ogilvy said.
“I’ve had periods where I haven’t been playing that good and then I’ve turned up to a major and played quite well.
“I don’t know what they do to me, maybe they force me into the right attitude or something.
“Whatever anyone else says, there’s a part of a major that’s slightly easier than a regular tournament because so many people aren’t really comfortable playing them so maybe people don’t quite play as well as would in a normal tournament.
“I’m not saying they’re easy to win but there’s a bunch in a field in a major that isn’t quite comfortable when they’re playing in it.
“It always seems to be the same 20 guys who pop up on top of a major leaderboard,” he said.
Ogilvy said he had an especially intense preparation for the four grand slam events.
“I think about them. I’ve been playing practice rounds for two or three weeks,” he said.
“I’ve been going to the venue two or three weeks before and working out the golf course.
“I’ve been going away and thinking about it and I’ve put a lot more time into majors than I do normal tournaments.”