Jordan Spieth has said that it would "mean the world" to him if he were to triumph at the Open Championship at St Andrews.
The 21-year-old has enjoyed a remarkable year so far, and victory in Scotland would keep him on course for a historic calendar grand slam following his success at The Masters and US Open earlier this year.
Only two players - Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods - have won three Majors in a single year before, but Spieth insists that he is not thinking about the prospect of joining such illustrious company.
"I like to study the history of golf and I think it's extremely special what this year has brought. I'm sure embracing that opportunity, but by the time I start on Thursday, it won't be in my head," he told reporters.
"It'll be about how can I bring this Open Championship down to just another event, get out there and try and get myself into contention. It would be amazing [to win]. It would be something I'd never forget. I don't think there's anything more special in golf than playing an Open Championship at the Home of Golf. I think here and Augusta National are my two favourite places in the world. It would mean the world to me to try and win this championship and to do it here would be even more special.
"I think I can certainly draw on the first two Majors. But I'm not putting on added pressure to try and win three in a row. I don't think of those other two Majors as being in a row this year, I just think of them as tournaments that I've won that are of the same calibre. I look at this as trying to win The Open Championship at a very special place. The hardest thing for me is trying to forget about where you are because being here at St Andrews and looking at the past champions, that's elite company."
The 144th Open Championship will start tomorrow morning.
Barney Corkhill
