A week ago Ewan Porter had plans to base himself in the United States this year, even though he didn&apost have a regular tour to play on, but his runaway Moonah Classic win on Sunday means he&aposll happily now have to reassess things. Having played full-time on the Nationwide Tour in America three years ago, Porter came back to Australia burnt out and &aposemotionally in a terrible state&apos after playing as often as he could to try and secure his playing rights for the following year. Porter had headed to America in the knowledge that the top 25 players at the end of each season on the secondary US tour graduate to the PGA Tour the following year, but he was unable to do so. But having by his own admission matured greatly in recent times, the 25-year-old Cronulla native led from start to finish to win at Moonah Links, and suddenly finds himself well on the way to a top-25 spot on the Nationwide Tour this time around. “My plans for the year were to just hopefully get as many invitations as possible, wherever it was around the world I was prepared to travel this year. Europe, America, wherever it might be and now this certainly sorts out a lot of my hassles for the year,” he said. “It is a big load off my shoulders but I&aposve just got to keep doing what I&aposm doing for the rest of the year and the good thing is I played full-time over there in 2005 and I&aposve played most of the golf courses before.” “The great thing now is I can really set out a schedule for the year which is something that was lacking last time I was over there. This year I&aposll be able to plan everything out properly and I know what golf courses I like and what ones I wasn&apost a fan of so that&aposs something I&aposm looking forward to.” A refreshingly honest young man not afraid to crack one-liners at his own expense, Porter was to head to India on Sunday night for this week&aposs Australasian and European Tour co-sanctioned Johnnie Walker Classic. And with his &aposcelebrations at 40,000 feet&apos to follow, Porter says he can definitely appreciate the result a lot more now that he has grown up. “It definitely is (life changing),” he said. “More so in my case because I didn&apost know what I was doing for the year. It just totally changes everything so there&aposs definitely going to be a lot of reassessing done.” “I felt this week like I was ready to win, I felt like it was my tournament to win this week, my turn, so I&aposm definitely way more ready for it now than what I was.” Australian golf&aposs latest star can come home for a couple of weeks after India – where this week the pressure will be off – and deservedly celebrate his triumph with family and friends.