Jason Day says 2015 is about proving he can become golf's world No.1 and win consistently, including major championships.
The world No.8 Australian battled back and thumb injuries throughout an interrupted 2014 campaign yet still managed to win a World Golf Championships event and was twice runner-up in US PGA Tour events.
Now fit, the 27-year-old Day feels primed for a breakout year.
"The only thing that is missing is a lot of wins," said Day as he prepared to start his US tour season at the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii starting on Friday (Saturday AEDT).
"I am not trying to put pressure on myself but I know I should be winning on a consistent basis.
"Physically I feel good and mentally I feel like I'm ready."
"There was plenty of frustration last year because I really thought I was going to be No.1 in the world but at the end of the day it was good experience-wise for me.
"I learned more and am wiser and hopefully it can now all come together."
After winning the World Cup in late 2013 and the WGC-Match Play Championship in early 2014, Day believed he had gotten over the hump of struggling to close out tournaments.
But injuries aside, a handful of missed chances late in 2014 ensured some critics returned.
"In the past I have wanted to win so bad when in contention that I have made mistakes to force myself out of the tournament but now I have the belief that I know how to win," Day said.
"It feels different. I feel a calm now when I talk about it and this year feels like it will be different.
"I am not going to make or have excuses. I feel the expectation from myself and others from all around the world but I need to win tournaments, including majors, if I am to get to No.1 and that's the goal."
Four other Australians are in the 34-man winners-only Tournament of Champions field at Kapalua on Maui.
Geoff Ogilvy, a two-time champion of the event in 2009 and 2010 returns for the first time since withdrawing from his attempted three-peat in 2011.
Ogilvy cut his finger on coral in the lead up but returns four years later aiming to join Jack Nicklaus (5), Gene Littler, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Stuart Appleby as three-time event winners.
John Senden returns to The Plantation Course for just the second time after being 19th in 2007 while Matt Jones and Steven Bowditch will make their debuts.
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