Francesco Molinari swapped the European Tour in favour of a stint in the United States last year "after 10 years of pretty much playing the same courses".
But you will be hard-pushed to get a bad word about Wentworth out of the Italian, who is on some roll at the BMW PGA Championship. A three-under 69 on Friday morning means he has now been finished 10 of his last 13 rounds here in the top 10 - including his current position atop the leaderboard.
It wasn't all plain-sailing for Molinari, whose overnight two-shot lead was almost instantly wiped out after bogeys at the first and third holes, but he played the remaining 15 in five-under to add a 69 to his opening 65 and set the clubhouse target of 10-under-par.
"The start is really tricky the first three holes," Molinari said. "I think I played them okay. My chipping wasn't good enough on the first and on the third to save par. I managed to steady the ship and made a few birdies coming in at the end, so a good day."
With Rory McIlroy missing the cut after slumping to a six-over 78, Molinari is now the main man to beat as he leads leads fellow early-starter Emiliano Grillo by two. The Argentinean hit a career five-wood to set up an eagle at the par-five 18th and add a 65 to his opening-round 71.
"It's my first time making the cut in this tournament and I'm really happy," said Grillo, still looking for his first European Tour win. "I knew coming here I did not have any good rounds so to shoot 65 round here is pretty good. I am enjoying the moment and playing well and being in contention is what I need. If I keep knocking someone is going to open the door."
Thongchai Jaidee carded a six-under 66 to move up to third, as did England's James Morrison, who ends day two in fourth place.
"This game we play is so stupid sometimes," Morrison said - usually the words of an 18-handicap in the local club's monthly medal, not a two-time European Tour winner.
Morrison has already had a rollercoaster week at the BMW PGA Championship. The 30-year-old was four-over par through 10 holes on Thursday and looking set to head to his nearby home in Chertsey two days earlier than he would have liked. But he played the next 26 holes in 11-under-par to crash the party at the top of the leaderboard through 36 holes.
"Plus four through the first few holes - I wasn't expecting to be standing here," he said. "But that's the way golf goes and it turns around pretty quickly."
Morrison was also battling a power cut at his home overnight.
"I thought we had been burgled at first," he added. "I couldn't even charge my phone and a cold shower this morning at 5.30 was no fun."
Morrison leads the British charge, with Luke Donald, bidding to save his spot in the US Open and Open Championship, carding a second consecutive 70 to move to four-under and six off Molinari, while Shane Lowry's bogey-free 67 saw him up to three-under.
Justin Rose, who describes Wentworth as the tournament he would most like to win outside the majors, has it all to do to tick it off his bucket list after a level-par 72 left him stranded at one-under.
The best round of the morning starters belonged to Graeme Storm, whose eight-under 64 included six straight birdies from the ninth.
Shot of the day
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The Italian Job
Teenager Renato Paratore has had a whirlwind 48 hours. The 18-year-old was the BMW PGA Championship's third reserve on Thursday morning, so he went to school as normal - only for a spot to open up at Wentworth at the 11th hour to replace Anthony Wall.
Paratore landed at Heathrow just an hour before his scheduled tee-time and used a set of borrowed golf clubs, but he was in high spirits despite rounds of 80 and 76 seeing him finish just three places off the foot of the leaderboard.
"Fun!" he said of his two days at Wentworth as he was bundled into one of BMW's courtesy cars. Presumably in a rush to go and catch up on his homework...