Jordan Zunic is ready to take on the world’s best at the
WGC- HSBC Champions and is hoping for some inspiration from World Number 6 Adam
Scott.

Zunic, who won the 2015 New Zealand Open and finished second
on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, continues to reap the
rewards of his breakout rookie season.

This week he will compete in his second World Golf
Championship tournament in 2016 thanks to his finish on the Order of Merit last
year.

And this time round, Zunic is feeling much more comfortable
on the world’s biggest stage.

"I have been looking forward to this all year, ever since I
played at Doral. Whenever you get the chance to go and play against the world’s
best it’s always something you look forward to," said Zunic, who finished tied
60^th in the 66 man field at the WGC – Cadillac Championship.

"At the start of the year I was pretty nervous, probably the
most nervous I have ever been at a tournament. But I feel like the star struck
thing I had at Doral won’t be there as much this week because I know what to
expect. I have been there once before now.

"I have been visualising playing this tournament and feel
like I am not just making up the numbers in the field.

"Now that I have a chance at another WGC I am hoping to play
some good golf to see how I rank against some of the best in the world."

To help him prepare, Zunic has organised a practice round
with World Number 6 Adam Scott and World Number 23 Brooks Koepka.

"I was able to play a practice round with Jason Day at Doral
and now I get to play a practice round with Adam Scott so for me that is a
priceless experience," added Zunic.

"I briefly met Adam at Doral, he came and introduced himself
to me but I didn’t get to speak to him much more after that because he was busy
winning the golf tournament."

The decision to play a practice round with Scott was more
than just the chance to play alongside one of Australia’s best. It was a
calculated move by Zunic who believes he can learn from Scott’s game plan.

"Adam is such a great ball striker, he is really good at
working himself around a golf course, so I will be looking at a lot of strategy
stuff," added Zunic.

"I feel like length wise, off the tee, I am pretty similar
to Adam, so I will be hitting similar clubs to him on certain holes."

"I will probably watch how he plays holes and how he thinks
going into the holes. He has played the course so many times before, so I will
take as many pointers as I can," continued Zunic, who despite having experienced
success already in China is yet to have played the Sheshan International
layout.

"I have played well in Asia before; I won the China Amateur
in 2014 so those good memories can help me going into the week."

"I have watched a few videos on YouTube to see how the guys
play it. I have noticed that longer hitters have won there before, last year
Russell Knox won and he is obviously not the longest hitter.

"The course looks fairly similar to what you would expect
from an Asian golf course. There is water on lots of holes and there are lots
of doglegs.

"For me I need to adjust my game to the course because that
is what you have to do as a Pro. At the end of the day regardless of whether
you like the course or not you have to play it so I am just going to do my
best."

Zunic also hopes that his best golf will produce a
successful result for him, believing a top-10 finish is not out of his reach.

"I will obviously be trying to win but for me a top-10 would
be a realistic goal. I would be over the moon," added Zunic, who won the
Northern Territory PGA Championship on his home Tour in August.

"Anyone on their given week can win. If I played my best
golf for four rounds I think I am probably good enough to even win. If I have
my week and the opportunity arises who is to say I couldn’t win?

"I was a Pro with no status playing the New Zealand Open and
I ended up winning that so I know that things can happen when you don’t expect
it," added Zunic, who only turned Professional a month before he won in 2015.

"I am just going to enjoy myself and have fun because you
don’t get many opportunities to play an event like that at this stage in my
career."

Zunic will have the honour of hitting the first tee shot of
the 2016 WGC – HSBC Champions when he tees off tomorrow morning at 8.50am
alongside Dean Burmester of South Africa and Hui-Lin Zhang of China.

Zunic will be joined in the field by fellow Australians
Nathan Holman, Matthew Millar, Scott Hend, Marcus Fraser and World Number 6
Adam Scott.