Padraig Harrington will gladly sacrifice the chance of a 'Paddy Slam' if he can be guaranteed more major championships in years to come.
Harrington successfully defended the Open at Birkdale last July - the first European to do so since 1906 - and three weeks later lifted the USPGA Championship for good measure.
The Dubliner can therefore become only the third player in history, after Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods, to win three majors in succession at next month's US Masters.
And victory at Augusta would keep alive hopes of a possible 'Paddy Slam' of all four major championships in succession going into June's US Open at Bethpage.
"It is nice that we can talk about it but if you had told me I was going to miss the cut in the Masters and win it next year, I'd be very happy with that," Harrington said ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, which gets under way on Thursday.
"It doesn't have to happen this time around, even though it is a nice thing to talk about.
"I don't think about it at all until I'm asked questions about it. It's nice to be included in a category that I can possibly win three majors in a row.
"It would be a nice bonus to win three majors in a row, but does it make much difference whether I win this one or win one in a year's time or two years' time? No, I'm quite patient, I'll wait for two years' time.
"I'm not going to get drawn into this, that if I go to the Masters and I don't win that there's a failure in that, that it takes away in any way from the last two majors."
Woods is also in action at Bay Hill as he continues his comeback from injury, although his position as world number one is under threat.
If Woods fails to finish in the top two this week, Phil Mickelson would have a chance to leapfrog his great rival at next week's Houston Open.
Woods has been world number one for the last 198 weeks and has been top of the standings for a total of 540 weeks in his career. Mickelson has never topped the rankings.
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