Justin Rose plans to use this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth to get his spluttering season back on track in time for the British Open.
The 27-year-old won the European Tour Order of Merit last year but he has struggled to recapture that form.
Although the Englishman led after the first round at the Masters in April, there have been few other moments to enjoy for Rose on the US PGA Tour so far this year.
After five months in America, Rose is relishing some home comforts and the chance to breathe new life into his campaign on home soil.
"Results-wise the last few weeks have been disappointing but before that things were very much on track," he said.
"I'm trying not to spend too much (time deliberating) on the last couple of weeks and just work my way back into a positive frame of mind.
"I have been in America for five months now. Coming back to England is a real opportunity to recharge my batteries sometimes, to catch up with friends.
"Just doing English things - watching a bit of football, a pint down the pub, bacon sandwich, going for a curry. Just getting back into the English lifestyle, it's good."
Rose has another motivation to succeed at the Wentworth event, which starts on Thurday.
He is determined to make up for his frustrating defeat at the Surrey course last year when he was pipped to the title by Denmark's Anders Hansen in a dramatic play-off.
"Last year Wentworth was a key week for me in terms of a platform for a good year, so I am hoping it will, again, be a good tournament for me to get some form going," he said.
"Wentworth is one of my favourite courses. I've been going to the tournament there since I was a kid.
"It is ranked really high on my priority list and it is a golf course I really like playing too. It is well worth making the trip back from America to come and play."
Rose hopes his week at Wentworth will help him hit form in time for the British Open at Royal Birkdale, where he first burst onto the scene by finishing in a tie for fourth as an amateur 10 years ago.
"I went up to Royal Birkdale last week and got a few practice rounds in for the British Open," Rose said.
"Birkdale is going to be a special week, a lot of good memories, obviously.
"It is going to be really exciting, it will mark 10 years as a pro, which is obviously significant for me.
"It also gives me the opportunity to be really fired up for the next 10 years as well."
Defending champion Hansen is looking to join an elite group of players who have won the tournament three times. Only England's Peter Alliss, Germany's Bernhard Langer and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie have achieved that feat to date.
Hansen will have to overcome a strong field that also includes reigning US Open Champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina as well as South African duo Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal and Fiji's Vijay Singh.
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