South Korean PGA Tour star Im Sung-jae said Wednesday he'd like to get into contention at all four major championships in the new season, with donning the coveted green jacket at the Masters in April remaining his ultimate goal. Im is in Hawaii this week ahead of the season-opening tournament, The Sentry. As the first of eight "Signature Events" newly introduced by the tour for this season, The Sentry will feature a 59-player field comprising PGA Tour winners from last year and the top-50 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings who didn't otherwise qualify. Im didn't have a win in the 2022-2023 season but finished 24th in FedEx Cup points, on the strength of nine top-10s that tied his career high. The Sentry will once again be played at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, a par-73 track measuring at 7,596 yards. At his three previous appearances at the course, Im tied for fifth, tied for eighth and tied for 13th. "I've played well on this course and I have a lot of fond memories here," I m said during an online press conference with South Korean media Wednesday. Im has a scoring average of 67.67 strokes at the Plantation Course. "I always have confidence playing at this tournament. I think I can do even better this year than in the past." Im, one of four South Koreans in the field this week, said the Plantation Course isn't particularly long and without strong winds in Hawaii, the course will be there for the taking. "Greens aren't that fast here, and you can give yourself many birdie opportunities if you can get the right distances with your approach shots," Im said. "There will always be low scores here. I don't think there is one difficult hole on this course." Im allowed himself to look past this week and toward April, when the Masters, the first of four majors, will take place. Both of Im's two career top-10s at a major have come at the Masters, where he tied for second in 2020 and tied for eighth in 2022. He hasn't come close to contending at the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and the Open Championship. Im said he will try to post top-10 finishes at those three other majors, but nothing will top winning the Masters. "The Masters will always be the No. 1 major in my heart," Im said with a smile. "Ever since I first watched the Masters on television as a kid, I've dreamed of playing at Augusta National and putting on the green jacket. Playing at Augusta just feels different than playing at other majors. I've finished in second place once, and I'd love to be in contention there again." With the PGA Tour returning to the calendar-year schedule after a decade of playing a wraparound schedule, Im said it was imperative to get off to hit the ground running in January. "If I can accumulate enough FedEx Cup points early in the season, then I will be able to conserve myself a bit toward the end," Im said, adding that he will try to qualify for his sixth consecutive Tour Championship, an exclusive, season-ending event open only to the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings at the end of th e playoffs. To that end, Im spent about two months working on his driving in South Korea. He said he tried to increase his swing speed with the driver, hoping to add some distance off the tee and to take advantage of wide fairways when he sees them. Last season, Im ranked 110th on the tour with 299.3 yards in average driving distance, slightly below average and down from a career-high 300.5 yards in the 2019-2020 season. Im, one of the tour's most dedicated workhorses who rarely takes extended time off during a season, said he savored some homecooking and quality time with friends at home over the winter. "It was just so nice being in Korea, eating all that food and having the kind of time with friends that I can't have in the United States," Im said. "I came back with so many good memories." In the middle of his prime at age 25, the 2018-2019 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year said he sees himself playing on the tour for the rest of his career, instead of taking a lump sum of cash to play on the Saudi Arabia-b acked LIV Golf. "Even if I have an offer coming my way, I will have zero interest," Im said of the breakaway circuit that has lured some of the biggest names in men's golf. "I think I will be playing here until I get old." Most recently, Jon Rahm, former world No. 1 and two-time major champion, bolted for LIV Golf. Rahm joined the likes of Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson, all major winners. "Players make their own decisions," Im said. "It's really not for me to comment on their choices." Source: Yonhap News Agency