World number one Jordan Spieth will look to make amends for one of the few mistakes he made in 2015 by winning the Northern Trust Open this week.
Spieth was in contention for what would have been just his second PGA Tour title at Riviera Country Club 12 months ago and thought he needed to birdie the last to keep pace with the leaders.
However, in attempting to hole a chip from just off the green, the 22-year-old ran the ball eight feet past the hole and missed the par putt, which would have been good enough for a play-off after Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia both bogeyed the 17th.
"Last year it was a crazy finish and it kind of taught me a little something about this golf course," Spieth told a pre-tournament press conference.
"You just never know exactly what's going to happen at Riviera coming down the stretch.
"I was thinking I needed to birdie 18 for a play-off. Turns out, with I think Dustin and Sergio bogeying the 17th, I ended up one out of the three-way play-off (won by James Hahn).
"So (it was) a little bizarre, but that just kind of teaches you how it works sometimes.
Sometimes it's not birdies to win. Sometimes on harder golf courses, even on a tour event and it's a non-major championship, sometimes par is a really good score.
"Unfortunately it's rare, but fortunately it happens here. So it would mean a lot to win this tournament.
"For me to win on a golf course that I consider one of the top few in the world, that's always a goal. It would be amazing."
Spieth did not have to wait long to taste victory of course, winning the Valspar Championship just three weeks later. That was one of five victories in 2015 including the Masters, US Open and Tour Championship, the latter securing the overall FedEx Cup title and $10million bonus.
And having already won the Tournament of Champions by eight shots in Hawaii in January, Spieth believes he can learn from all those wins in order to avoid making the kind of mistake which cost him at Riviera 12 months ago.
"When pressure comes on, I can now really relate and look back to a lot of key moments where I've hit shots in the past when the pressure has been on where I felt like I did what I wanted to do," Spieth added.
"I mean, that on its own is the kind of priceless experience that I can then get up and do it again.
"I think I've gotten a lot better putting under pressure, but to be able to stand up and really focus in on a specific target, and work either ball flight on to that target, whether it's driving it or striking an iron shot, that's definitely improved when the pressure is on."
World number three Rory McIlroy is also in the field as he looks to turn good performances into a first victory of the season.
McIlroy was third in Abu Dhabi and sixth in Dubai on the European Tour's 'Desert Swing' and may have something of a point to prove after Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee reiterated his concerns over the four-time major winner's "extensive weightlifting" earlier this week.
McIlroy responded by posting a video of himself on Twitter performing squats with weights and later added: "Re the squats it was the last set of 3x3 at 120kg(265lbs). Did 3x10 at 100kg (225lbs) before that. I'm 165lbs. I'm a golfer not body builder."
