The Southport-born golfer will be hoping to bag his maiden Major next month but he insisted playing at his home course doesn’t raise the stakes any higher.

He told Golf Monthly magazine: “I don’t feel extra pressure from it.

“Obviously it’s going to be a different experience, something I’ve never experienced before, but it will be great to have so many people out there rooting for you.”

Tommy’s equipment guru, TaylorMade boss Adrian Rietveld, recently tipped big things for the golfer.

Rietveld told bunkered magazine: "Tommy's game has evolved to a place where he's an exceptionally well-rounded golfer. He's always been extremely talented.

"Tommy has every skill to be at the top of this game. You can see it through his consistency on playing at the most difficult courses in the most difficult conditions each week.

"Think about the desire to win golf tournaments and majors. You've got input and you've got output. Input would be turning up at the range. There's a lot of players in what they would do, that would be considered a success. For him, the success is what he does when he's at those places.

"If he puts in a day's work, those hours are extremely accountable, in terms of him heading towards his goals. That's the joy he finds."

Rietveld continued: "The outcomes, then, are winning the tournaments. Those are the things you can't control entirely. You can't control who puts on the Green Jacket, right?

"Eventually, the stars will align when you put in the work that he does."