“If I get a call or a text message I’ll be off,” said the former British amateur champion, who gave one of the best performances of his career at the CA world championship.

A dazzling third-round 63 left Storm in joint second place with Vijay Singh, ahead of Tiger Woods and with only Geoff Ogilvy ahead of him.

Although he fell out of the hunt when the rain-delayed final nine holes were completed on Monday he said: “It was only my second world championship and any disappointment I had on the flight home was far outweighed by the positives from the week.

“I certainly would have taken sixth before the start. I wasn’t playing well in practice and wasn’t enjoying it because it was so tough.

“But I found something and loved every minute of it. To score 63 on a course like that can only breed confidence.”

Storm, who broke his European Tour duck at the French Open last summer only a few years after working outside a cake factory cleaning trays, also led the USPGA after an opening 65 last August.

Asked if America was a tempting proposition because of the form he has shown there he said: “My aim is the world’s top 50 because it’s so much easier to do then.

“But if I have a win this year I might be tempted to go to their qualifying school like Kenny Ferrie did at the end of last year.

“Miami was just great experience playing in the company of these players. It just shows you how far that I have come in the last few years.

“The talent I was playing alongside, Vijay and Geoff, you get a real idea of just how good these guys are and how much they believe in themselves.

“Hopefully I can get to that sort of standard and progress even further.”

The field in Portugal includes Ryder Cup trio Darren Clarke, Paul McGinley and David Howell – now with a new coach in Jamie Gough, brother of former Scotland soccer international Richard – as well as Spaniard Pablo Martin, who on the same course last year became the first amateur to capture a European Tour title.