Bristol's Chris Wood is beginning to see the fruits of his golfing season's labour this week as he joins Europe's top 60 golfers for the lucrative Mercedes Benz Championship in Germany.

The event is by special invitation only to play the Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof with no weekend cut so that everyone who is offered a place is guaranteed a pay cheque at the end of the tournament.

Wood will be aiming to forget the disappointment of last week's disastrous final round in the Omega European Masters in Switzerland, which saw him fall from joint fourth to joint 32nd after shooting a final-round 75

He said: "It was a bad last day even though I played all right throughout the week. What really disappointed me is that I let a bad start to the round affect me, and that is something I've now learnt to combat.

"Looking at the scores, I was never going to win it going into the last round, but I was on the leaderboard pretty much all week and it is just a matter of waiting for it to all come together now.

"I have to learn from everything. I know I am playing well and this week is a new tournament and another chance to win."

Wood is confident that a maiden European Tour victory is not too far away and that all he needs to do is remain patient.

He added: "I definitely feel as though there is a win in me this year, and with eight tournaments left in the season I feel I have the game, so there is no rush. I'm only 21 so there's plenty of time left for me to win.

"It is just waiting to come out now, whether it's this week, next month or next year – I just know that I've got the game to win one of these weeks.

"It is just a matter of time and patience. Golf is all about patience.

"You can't force anything, otherwise you will lose it all. I've learnt that much already in the game and a big part of it is just waiting for it to be your week."

Wood travelled to the event earlier this week and expects the course will suit his game.

"I had a great practice round early on Tuesday morning all on my own," he said. "There is quite a lot of water around but the greens are absolute quality and probably some of the best surfaces I have putted on all season – which I hope will suit my game.

"I'm putting really well at the moment and if I can keep that going and with the course suiting my eye really well, then I hope I can put it all together and give myself a chance."

Wood missed the Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles last month to recharge his batteries after a gruelling summer, and feels that decision paid off.

"The break did me good because I just spent the week having physio to get my body back into shape for the rest of the season," he added.

"I struggled through America and Holland but now my body is in as good a position now out on the golf course than it has ever been. I've started working with a new physio now on tour. I'm really pleased with how I'm feeling and if you feel good then you can play your best.

"There is no cut at this tournament so the top 60 in the Order of Merit are invited and there is a guaranteed pay cheque at the end of the weekend which takes a bit of pressure off you."

In the first round Wood is paired with Australian Scott Strange and Frenchman Christian Cevear, both of whom have won European Tour events this year. Strange won the Chinese Open in Beijing in April, while Cevaer captured the European Open at the London Club.

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie is also in the field and could benefit from some tactical discussions ahead of next year's event, as he is paired with Bernhard Langer, who led the side to victory in 2006, and veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez.