Chris Wood surprised himself with a final round of seven-under-par 65 to finish the Open in fine style.
The 26-year-old from Bristol birdied the final four holes to end the tournament on five under after a joint best of the week seven under round.
He said: “You should have seen me the first three rounds. I couldn’t see a 75 the first three days, let alone a 65.
“But I stayed up late on Saturday night with Paul Mitchell, my coach, until about half 11 on the sofa, just trying to chat things through and trying to find the root cause of the problem.
“We’ve been on the range after every day struggling through it, not quite finding the problem. But last night I’d say we really got to the bottom of it and I was a different player today.
“I haven’t looked like shooting 65, especially around a course this tough, for five or six weeks.
“It’s been a struggle so hopefully I can now push on for the rest of the season.”
Irishman Shane Lowry was another to match the course record yesterday, his 65 seeing him finish on 10-under 278 for the tournament.
