He's happily flying under the radar and placing no pressure on himself, but that doesn't mean Cameron Smith won't contend for British Open glory.
Australia's leading performer at the Masters, Smith fancies his chances of another decent showing on one of golf's biggest stages when the Open gets under way on Thursday.
Tied fifth at Augusta after a closing with blistering back-nine 30 on Sunday, Smith clearly revels at the majors.
He also finished equal fourth on debut at the 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay, flashing home there too with a two-under-par 68.
At 24 and only really starting out, Smith feels anything but overawed among the game's elite.
"It's another major championship so I'm always excited to be here and playing against the best guys in the world," the Queenslander told AAP after a practice round on Tuesday with fellow Australian Marc Leishman.
"Marc's a great Open player so I was just watching what he was doing and what he was saying."
Smith also had dinner with Leishman and Jason Day in Carnoustie on Monday night, picking the pair's brains.
But after upstaging both at Augusta, Smith has every right to feel confident he can step up when he tees off with back-to-back US Open champion Brooks Koepka and popular home hope Ian Poulter for the first two rounds.
"It's obviously firm, fast conditions. It's going to be windy so I think it's going to be a good test of golf," the young gun said.
"It's a good week to test everything that's going on.
"I don't really expect too much of myself. I'm just looking to go out there - as cliche as it sounds - and take it one shot at a time and kind of see where it puts us at the end of the week."
Smith blamed mental burnout for missing five straight cuts after the Masters, but four solid rounds in the 60s for a 42nd-place finish at the Scottish Open on Sunday has him feeling on track again.
"Before I played last week, I had a few weeks off. Just went back home and refreshed a little bit and I felt really good last week," he said.
"My mind was just getting a little bit iffy there so, yeah, I think I'm back."
