Matt Wallace is hoping to bring his winning form from the Alps Tour on to the European Challenge Tour at the Fred Olsen Challenge de España this week.
The Englishman has an incredible record on the satellite tour, where he has won five competitions in five starts in 2016.
A promising first two rounds at the Nordea Masters in his first European Tour outing gave the 26 year old a taste of the game at the highest level.
And after proving himself so spectacularly on one of Europe’s four satellite competitions, Wallace is hungry for success in the continent’s top developmental tour.
“It has been amazing really,” he said. “I prepared well for every tournament and obviously you go in to a competition wanting to win but you don’t expect to win five in a row.
“It doesn’t matter where you are or who you are playing against. I just really impressed myself, winning consecutively like I did was quite cool.
“If I try and change the way I play I don’t think I will do as well. I am not going to do anything differently, just do what I do best. If I can score the same as how I do on the Alps Tour then I will be up there.”
Wallace, whose best result on the 2016 Road to Oman came in Egypt where he finished tied 26th, is not fazed by playing at a higher level and is confident he has the game to compete with Europe’s best rising stars.
“Last week I just didn’t play well enough – I would have scored the same if it was an Alps Tour event,” said the London-based player, who missed the cut in Slovakia.
“The best advice I was given when I played in Sweden on the European Tour was that the golf ball doesn’t know where you are playing or what tournament you are competing in.
“I am just getting a bit more used to the courses and the players you are up against, and hopefully that will come through in my performance this week.
“The change in courses between the two competitions hasn’t been drastically different. Last week there were a few humps in the greens where on the Alps Tour you would get it a little bit flatter – so distance control with your irons is key to get it on the right level. Apart from that off the tee and length-wise it is no different.
“I think the course this week is relatively wide but it has been windy here. If you can control the ball with your irons in the wind then you will have a lot of chances. I have been working on my distance control on the range and then will just go out and attack as much as I can – no different to any other tournament.
“With what has happened on the Alps Tour I will try and better my Challenge Tour category for next year. I am going to try and focus on the Challenge Tour before going to Qualifying School where I will try and earn a card for the European Tour.”
Also competing at Tecina Golf will be Germany’s Mortiz Lampert, who won here in 2014 by beating Hugues Joannes by two shots – and the Belgian will also tee it up in La Gomera.
Among the home favourites will be Pep Angles, who, in 24th place, is currently the highest placed Spaniard in the Road to Oman Rankings after three top ten finishes this season.
