Reigning South Region number one Ant Tarchetti has not rested on his laurels since winning the Order of Merit last year and has spent the winter practicing hard.
Some days he has put in near 10-hour stints on the range fine-tuning his game and he hopes all that preparation will pay dividends as he looks to take him to the next level.
He will get the chance to see just how much improvement he has been able to make when he tees it up in the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh Open Young PGA Professional Championship later this month.
"This is the first time I have played it and I'm just looking to get some tournament play," said Tarchetti, of Littlestone Golf Club.
"I played the European Tour event in Madeira last month and missed the cut in Madeira having only played three bad holes.
"It was a bit of experience. It was my first Tour tournament and I was chucked straight into the deep end.
"But I want to play as many tournaments as possible now. There is not a lot to play during the winter months and so it will be good to get back into the swing of things.
"I have been practicing a lot and I've been on the range from 8.30am to 6pm."
Tarchetti has already had glimpses of what his hard work can achieve, shooting an eight-under 64 at a recent pro-am at The London Club.
However, he knows nothing about the Bull Bay course on Anglesey, which will host the event on April 24 and 25 when Cardiff's Adam Constable will defend the title he was won for the last two years.
"I'm looking forward to going and just playing tournament golf," added the 27-year-old.
"I have played with Adam on the Challenge and EuroPro Tours last year and he's a really nice guy so hopefully I will be able to catch up with him again."
Tandridge's Michael Vandenberg, who won the South Region's assistant's Order of Merit last year, is returning for another shot at the event having played 12 months ago.
He felt he did not do himself justice on that occasion, when it was held in Aberdovey, and wants to rectify the situation.
"I'm looking forward to going down there. It's a links style course and I have come from a links course," said the 29-year-old.
Ryder Cup Wales has increased prize money for the event to £12,500 and that has attracted more entries than last year.
"There must be about 50 more people. But it is a good one to play, especially now they have nearly doubled the prize money.
"It is always going to make it more difficult if there are more people in it but Adam Constable remains the man to beat."
The tournament is the first on the national schedule and benefits from the support of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd.
Chief executive Rob Holt said: "This tournament is the first event in our 2008 Summer of Golf programme which provides a great opportunity to put Anglesey on the map and to showcase the surrounding area of North Wales.
"Golf clubs up and down the country are benefiting from hosting such events which contribute greatly to Wales' growing profile as an international golfing and tourism destination."