Adam Scott admits his new-found ability to go through with his effort on Sunday afternoons is down to his long-handled putter.
The Australian made the switch earlier this season after losing his touch on the greens.
And the move has paid swift dividends with a runner-up finish at the Masters where only a late birdie blitz from Charl Schwartzel got the better of him, and victory in his first World Golf Championship event at the weekend.
It gives him added impetus heading into the final major of the season in Atlanta this week.
"Just playing well on the back nine Sunday at the Masters was the thing that kind of pushed the belief forward," Scott said. "I didn't win the Masters but I felt like I did everything I had to do.
"Then I did it again this Sunday. I felt like I played really well on the back nine at the right time in a big tournament. Those are big things for your confidence that really help you believe that you can win a major championship."
Scott has always had one of the most consistent games from tee to green, with many believing only the flat stick was stopping him from becoming an elite player.
That may have changed with the Australian's decision to switch to a long-handled putter earlier in the season after his frustrations finally got the better of him.
"I probably was one of those people who thought the long putter should be banned," Scott said. "But it's not so I don't really worry about it. It's within the rules at the moment, and I'm very happy about that.
"I lost my rhythm quickly when I was in Hawaii with the putting. Frustrating. One day it's there and the next day it's not and that's kind of how the whole of 2010 went."
His coach bought a long putter, prompted Scott to try it, and gave him the putting touch he had been missing.
"A week or so in, it was feeling really good," Scott said. "After about three weeks we decided this is it, I'm going to go with the long putter because it just really gave me that awareness of how a putter should swing again.
"I guess it is considered kind of a last resort. I was very frustrated and I hadn't thought about it. I'm not too sure where I go from here if this doesn't pan out for me."
"It puts so much pressure on the rest of your game and I felt like the rest of my game was in good shape but I couldn't let it all happen, because I wasn't able to play freely, because the putting was so inconsistent," Scott said.
"This has absolutely freed up the rest of my game. It's certainly a different kind of confidence I have now when I walk onto a golf course. I feel like I can fall back on my putting if the long game is not there that day and if it is there, I can really take advantage of it."
Scott added that a greater sense of maturity has also been the key to this year's improvement.
"If I was being a harsh critic of myself, I could say I've underachieved," he said.
"I feel like sometimes I play as good as anyone, and it's never been at the biggest tournaments, and that's really what I tried to change this year. I felt like my game had really taken some big steps last year.
"I feel it's maybe more of a maturity of my game or my outlook even."
The Australian made the switch earlier this season after losing his touch on the greens.
And the move has paid swift dividends with a runner-up finish at the Masters where only a late birdie blitz from Charl Schwartzel got the better of him, and victory in his first World Golf Championship event at the weekend.
It gives him added impetus heading into the final major of the season in Atlanta this week.
"Just playing well on the back nine Sunday at the Masters was the thing that kind of pushed the belief forward," Scott said. "I didn't win the Masters but I felt like I did everything I had to do.
"Then I did it again this Sunday. I felt like I played really well on the back nine at the right time in a big tournament. Those are big things for your confidence that really help you believe that you can win a major championship."
Scott has always had one of the most consistent games from tee to green, with many believing only the flat stick was stopping him from becoming an elite player.
That may have changed with the Australian's decision to switch to a long-handled putter earlier in the season after his frustrations finally got the better of him.
"I probably was one of those people who thought the long putter should be banned," Scott said. "But it's not so I don't really worry about it. It's within the rules at the moment, and I'm very happy about that.
"I lost my rhythm quickly when I was in Hawaii with the putting. Frustrating. One day it's there and the next day it's not and that's kind of how the whole of 2010 went."
His coach bought a long putter, prompted Scott to try it, and gave him the putting touch he had been missing.
"A week or so in, it was feeling really good," Scott said. "After about three weeks we decided this is it, I'm going to go with the long putter because it just really gave me that awareness of how a putter should swing again.
"I guess it is considered kind of a last resort. I was very frustrated and I hadn't thought about it. I'm not too sure where I go from here if this doesn't pan out for me."
"It puts so much pressure on the rest of your game and I felt like the rest of my game was in good shape but I couldn't let it all happen, because I wasn't able to play freely, because the putting was so inconsistent," Scott said.
"This has absolutely freed up the rest of my game. It's certainly a different kind of confidence I have now when I walk onto a golf course. I feel like I can fall back on my putting if the long game is not there that day and if it is there, I can really take advantage of it."
Scott added that a greater sense of maturity has also been the key to this year's improvement.
"If I was being a harsh critic of myself, I could say I've underachieved," he said.
"I feel like sometimes I play as good as anyone, and it's never been at the biggest tournaments, and that's really what I tried to change this year. I felt like my game had really taken some big steps last year.
"I feel it's maybe more of a maturity of my game or my outlook even."