And, at Turnberry this week, he is out to improve on last year's tie for 58th place.
But, barring a catastrophic slump on Friday, his preparations for Turnberry will have to wait until Monday.
England's Luke Donald signed off with a final-round 67 to take him to level par for the Turnberry event.
And he then bettered it at Turnberry last July, finishing tied for third, missing the play-off by just one shot.
Manassero will now accept invitations to both the Open Championship at Turnberry next month as well as the 2010 Masters.
Tom Watson's quest for a sixth Open title at the age of 59 held the world of golf in raptures at Turnberry.
Tom Watson bounced back from his heartbreaking playoff defeat at the British Open at Turnberry in Scotland on Sunday to card 67.
Andrews and other current Open venues Muirfield, Turnberry, Royal Troon and Carnoustie.
That share of 23rd place was Sorenstam's worst finish in a major since she missed the cut at the 2002 British Open at Turnberry.
While Opens at St Andrews always prove the most popular and attract in excess of 200, 000 people, Turnberry's attendance 15 years ago was 115, 000.
Since his playoff win over Tom Watson at Turnberry Cink has been hoisted into the hierarchy of players at the top of the men's game.
Turnberry stands out as the most picturesque of those courses, while Muirfield hosts the world's oldest golf club and Carnoustie is often regarded as the toughest.
But he did not leave Turnberry to be at expectant wife Jo's side on Sunday night without reflecting on the one poor tee shot that did for him.
The American famously defeated five-time winner Tom Watson in a four-hole play-off to win at Turnberry in 2009, denying the 59-year-old the chance of a fairytale sixth Open win.
Now comes just as tough a test round Turnberry's wonderful Ailsa Course, an Open experience for some reason kept from players and public alike for the past 15 years.
The veteran's tale was embellished with further poignancy because of his dramatic victory against Jack Nicklaus in the Duel in the Sun over the same Turnberry course in 1977.
Around the same time, Florida real estate developer Jeffrey Soffer was working on Turnberry Place, four condominium towers on an uninspiring stretch of land just east of the Strip.
Finish this dream trip on the greatest coastal course in the world, Turnberry's Ailsa, with its famous lighthouse, ancient castle and one stunning hole after another along the rocky coast.
Having won five Opens and three Senior British Opens, including the 2003 tournament at Turnberry, the adoring British crowd had roared on Watson from the moment he carded an opening 65.
Dan Riordan, president of residential development for Turnberry Associates, a Miami-based development company, says he moved to Washington a few years ago after seeing a gap in the market for modern, high-rise luxury condos.
Seeking his fourth win at the event, the 59-year-old birdied the first, fourth and fifth holes but missed an eight-foot putt at 13 which brought back memories of his painful miss at the 72nd hole at Turnberry.
While Harrington may not necessarily be ready to unleash the eye-catching swing when he goes in search of his third consecutive British Open Championship title at Turnberry, Scotland next month, the technique may still have a place in the game.
Roberts is a director at the London-based property and planning consultancy Turnberry Consulting, and in his latest book, Racecourse Architecture, he and co-author Isabelle Taylor trace the history of race courses, beginning with the Circus Maximus and the first century B.
At Turnberry, Watson and Ross Fisher, praying that his wife could delay the birth of their first child, were the threads of the last two days which lacked nothing in excitement and intrigue despite Woods having this time missed the cut.
Watson won a total of eight major championships (and another five on the senior Tour), had that iconic chip-in on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach in the 1982 U.S. Open and also, of course, that heartbreaking near-miss at the 2009 British Open at Turnberry.
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