Steven Bowditch knows better than anyone a week is a long time in golf.
The Australian produced an unwanted record performance in last week's World Golf Championships event in Miami, shooting 81-80-80-84 for a 37-over-325, the highest ever total in the lucrative events that began in 1999.
It was also the first time since 1983 a player on a US PGA tour sanctioned event failed to break 80 in four rounds but Bowditch believes his fortunes will turn soon, hopefully beginning this week at the Valspar Championship in Tampa.
"It is never nice to play poorly in an event but the great thing about this game is we all start at even par the next week," Bowditch told AAP.
"I've had some problems with my driver control after picking up some bad swing habits late last year but I'm working hard to straighten out and I know good things are likely around the corner."
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Statistics show he is hitting less than half of his fairways, which was exposed around Trump National Doral because of the amount of water on the course.
Bowditch, a winner in each of the last two years on the US tour, became a victim of playing too much in 2015 and burnout became a serious issue.
Playing in 37 worldwide events across the calendar year has taken its toll and as he grinds his way back the results in 2016 have suffered.
Since finishing 10th in Maui in January his best result has been 41st at Pebble Beach with just three of 15 rounds under par.
But he takes solace from his form prior to winning the Byron Nelson Championship last year.
He came into the event off the back of eight missed cuts and a disqualification in his prior 13 events.
"I know I have it in me. This is just golf. It is what this game can do," Bowditch says.
"The moment you think you have it all figured out is the moment it will bite you on the backside.
"I'm hopeful of a good week this week but if it is not to be then I will continue to work hard to turn it around."
Five other Australians join the field as the country tries to keep alive a 100 per cent strike rate in the Florida swing thanks to Adam Scott's back-to-back wins.
John Senden, the winner just two years ago, will be looking to feed off his good memories while Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Geoff Ogilvy and Cameron Smith also take their place.
Bowditch (world No.79), Smith (No.95) and Senden (No.92) could force their way into the WGC Matchplay Championship with a high finish with the cut off to be inside the top 64 coming after the event.
Jason Day (No.3), Scott (no.6) and Marc Leishman (no.29) are already secure in the field while a dormant Matt Jones (No.58) and Marcus Fraser (No.63) will be hoping to hang on to a place.
