Chandigarh: Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh today attributed his rapid rise this year to his focus on 'process and routine' instead of results. 

"I played well this year and the main reason for this is that I am now trying to focus on process and routine instead of results," Jeev said at a press conference here.

"It is a very fine line between process and result and it has taken a great deal to discipline my mind as earlier I was result-oriented," said Jeev, who became the first Indian to win on European soil at the Volvo Masters in Spain besides winning three other tournaments, including once on the Asian Tour and twice on the Japanese tour.

The Chandigarh golfer, who topped the Asian Order of Merit, said he had made a conscious effort for about three years now not to focus on results but had succeeded this year.

Jeev, who jumped 300 rankings in a year to be 37th in the world right now, said it had been his childhood dream to play at the US Masters.

"As a kid, I dreamt of playing in this tournament. Now, as I would be playing that in April next year, I think I need to control my emotions somewhat," he said.