Wednesday 27 January 2016 12:24, UK
Jordan Spieth continues his busy travel schedule at this week’s Singapore Open, but admits he has one eye on defending his Masters title.
Spieth had already played in China, Australia and Hawaii before finishing tied fifth in his first regular European Tour start at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship last week.
The world No 1 revealed he was looking forward to a rest after a final round 68 in Abu Dhabi, but makes one final stop on his worldwide tour before heading home to continue preparations for the first major of the year.
The defending Masters champion will head to Augusta in April looking to repeat last season's wire-to-wire victory, with the 22-year-old already working towards his bid for a third major title.
"For now, it's about to trying to build the strength up, kind of maintain everything that we've started at the beginning of the season," Spieth told a pre-tournament press conference on Tuesday.
"Once we get to those couple of weeks before, I'll start changing the plan physically and hopefully, have a nice momentum going into the Masters.
"I will be running in, I think with the Masters as my third event in a row, which is normal for me there. That's what it was last year.
"I feel like I can hopefully put myself in contention in at least one of the prior two weeks, in either Austin or Houston, two places that I'm very familiar with, and build some confidence."
The Hyundai Tournament of Champions winner is joined in Singapore by European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, BMW PGA champion Byeong Hun An and Wales' Jamie Donaldson, who returns to action after injuring his hand in a chainsaw accident earlier this month.
Spieth admitted to being "beat up physically and mentally" after an uncharacteristically off-key display with the putter in Abu Dhabi, but expects to return to full strength at Sentosa Golf Club.
"All it takes is a couple of days of rest and I'm back," Spieth added. "There was certainly fatigue at the end of Sunday.
"I was very pleased with the form last week, I just didn't make anything. I was actually pretty pleased to turn in a top-five finish with what I felt was a disappointing week with my short game.
"I normally can rely on my putter when everything else goes off, and I had a lot of chances from that mid-range distance that I normally feel very confident from where I just misread them or the speed was just off.
"I've looked over the yardage book already and it looks like a tricky golf course. I'm going to need to get as much information as I can."
