Golf will make its Olympic debut in 2016 and Padraig Harrington has set his sights on bringing back the gold from Rio de Janeiro, while also suggesting Rory McIlroy should represent Great Britain at the Games.
The double Open Champion has enjoyed plenty of success in his career and despite a drop in form - the Dubliner has slipped to 90th in the world from a high of third - he believes he is capable of challenging in the biggest tournaments.
While a major title is the 'ultimate' goal at the moment the Dubliner is already looking ahead to representing Ireland at the Olympics and he admits that winning a gold medal would be comparable with winning a major.
“2016 would be very strong on my focus, it would be on my radar now," Harrington told Setanta in an exclusive hour-long interview to be aired on Saturday.
"I think winning a major tournament is the ultimate at the moment but winning the Olympics would be up there.
"Would I swap a fourth major for Olympic gold? I think in time, an Olympic gold would be every bit as big as a fourth major. Being an Olympian is very important. Winning the gold will have relevance in time. It will definitely be career defining, and certainly an Olympic gold would be top of my CV."
The Olympics will pose a big dilemma for the likes of Rory McIlory and Graeme McDowell. They pair are Northern Ireland citizens and as a result have the option of declaring for either Great Britain or Ireland.
Both players are in no rush to make a decision but Harrington has a simple solution - they should declare for Great Britain in order to free up two spaces for other Irish players.
"I’m fascinated with all this conversation about who we declare for. If Rory and Graham declare for Great Britain, it means we get two more Irish guys into it," Harrington explained to Gary Murphy.
"As in myself and Darren Clarke get to play. You see the system works if you’re in the top fifteen, you can have more than two from the country. So if somebody wants Rory to be as Irish as he can be, he better declare for GB and we get two more guys in.
"When it comes down to it, it will be a complete no brainer because nobody is losing out, you’re actually just gaining a couple of more spots for Irish guys."
The Olympics are still some four years away and one of Harrington's main focuses for the year will be trying to earn a place on the European Ryder Cup team.
A veteran of six competitions, Harrington needed to rely on a captain's pick for the 2010 competition at Celtic Manor but he knows it will be very hard to get in ahead of some of the younger players who will be the backbone of the team for the next five Ryder Cups.
“I felt that at Celtic Manor, clearly I was an experienced player, and they needed that at the time," he added.
"There’s a lot of experienced players going into this Ryder Cup. The great thing about the European Ryder cup team is that we have successfully changed to a young team.
"A lot of the same players are going to play over the next five Ryder cups so we’re in a great position going forward, whereas they were looking for experience the last time, the likelihood is they have it this time."
Harrington's interview is the first in a new series on Setanta called The Cut Line where recently retired European Tour Pro Gary Murphy meets players such Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Des Smyth among others.
The Cut Line will premiere on Setanta Ireland on Saturday, February 4 at 10pm.