Adam Scott enters the U.S. Open at Erin Hills prepared to tackle the ‘brutal’ tournament with his well publicised playing schedule this year geared towards the four Majors.

While playing a limited number of events on the PGA TOUR, Scott’s results have gradually been on the rise and fresh off a top-10 finish in last week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic.

He’s been the first to admit changes were needed in his game and the Queenslander believes he’s on the cusp of where he needs to be to capture an elusive second Major title.

This year, the former World Number 1 has peeled back his approach to the U.S. Open and feels the Erin Hills layout could benefit his game.

“My preparation for Majors has been a little different than in years past, maybe a few less trips around the golf course than I might have done previously,” Scott said.

“But I really don’t think that this is too complicated of a golf course. The green complexes, with the exception of a couple, are fairly friendly. And because it’s so long, strategy is driver, really, and that suits me.

“I played last week in a northerly wind which is the non-prevailing wind, and I got to play yesterday in the prevailing wind. So I’ve seen it in both conditions, which is good, because holes play very different. And if that were to happen this week, I don’t think it’s predicted, but it’s always good to have played a few rounds in every kind of condition here.”

Scott said above all, he has to maintain his play under pressure, describing the notoriously difficult Major as a pressure cooker designed to last the entire four rounds.

“The preparation is fine, just different areas of my game needed a little more work to hold up under the most pressure. That’s what this week is. It’s just a pressure cooker right from the first tee, added Scott.

“I thought my short game was in really good shape going into the Masters and it just wasn’t as good as I thought when it came down to executing at the Masters. And I’ve worked hard on that.

“At some point my long game has suffered a little bit this year because of redirection in workload to the short game but that’s coming around now, too.

“This is good timing to be playing really well all through the bag, not just for the U.S. Open but only in a month’s time is The Open Championship and the PGA.

“It’s an incredible time of year to play well. So I’m trying to, if not win this week, keep the confidence up and I feel it’s right there.”

Scott often saves his best golf for the Majors, having four top-5 and seven top-10 finishes in the sport’s marquee tournament’s since winning the Masters in 2013. His gameplan remains simple on golf’s biggest stage, hang tough in the first three rounds to prepare for anything come Sunday.

“That’s my challenge for the first three rounds this week. And then you’ve just got to have such a great day on a Sunday, anything can happen if you’re in that position,” added Scott.

“I feel I’m not going to kid myself that my game is there when it’s not. It is right there and I’m getting those feelings a little bit like I had leading into the Masters in ’13 where I’m getting on a mission to win a second one.

“I don’t know how long my time playing at this level will be. The years just slip by and so do Majors and I don’t want to let them all slip by. So I’m pretty motivated to capitalise on some of those close calls over the last few years.

”The last few years I’ve had my better results in U.S. Opens. It took me a long time to get a good result, I haven’t cracked the code but hopefully I’m on my way.”