Greg Norman turned his attention to next year's US Masters after sealing his third consecutive top-five finish at the US Senior Open today.
Norman carded a 70 in his final round for an even-par total of 280 to finish fourth at Colorado Springs, six shots behind winner Eduardo Romero.
It continued a strong run of form for 53-year-old Norman following his shock third placing at the British Open and fifth-placed finish at the Senior British Open last week.
Norman has turned down an invitation to play in next week's PGA Championship at Oakland and is instead planning to return to work as CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises before the Masters in April.
The Shark qualified to return to Augusta National, the scene of his greatest heartache, with his performance at the British Open.
"Quite honestly the last three weeks have been pretty good but very frustrating," said Norman, who led the British Open by two strokes heading into the final round.
"I've got to kind of get over these couple of weeks and I've got a lot of work to do over the next couple of months ... there's a few other things I'm doing.
"I'll start thinking about that around the turn of the year, getting ready for April."
Norman has a love-hate relationship with Augusta.
In 22 Masters appearances, Norman has been runner-up three times and had nine top-10 finishes.
He will forever be remembered for his 1996 final-round meltdown there, when he blew a six-stroke lead to finish second to Nick Faldo.
But he said he couldn't wait to return there.
"I'm looking forward to going back, I'm not telling a lie there," Norman said.
"It's one of my favourite places to play golf and I want to go back there, I've got a lot of great friends back there.
"To take Chrissie (wife Chris Evert back there), who's never been there, will be pretty important too."
Romero became the second Argentinian to win the US Senior Open, finishing at six-under 274 for the tournament, ahead of American Fred Funk (278) and Mark McNulty (279).
He said Norman's famous 1996 choke came into his mind when he bogeyed four holes early on the back nine before a crucial putt on the 15th helped him hold on for victory.
"I remember Greg Norman when he lost the (1996) Masters and he started to make bogeys and never stopped," Romero said.
"I said to my caddie, 'I have to make a putt, just one putt'.
