Felipe Aguilar is looking forward to the rest of the season after enjoying his best result of 2016 at the Volvo China Open.
The Chilean had missed six cuts in a row before he made it into the weekend at the Shenzhen International last week and he entered the final two days at Topwin Golf and Country Club at the head of the field.
He still had a share of the lead as he stood on the 16th tee in the final round but he put his shot into the water to record a double-bogey and local favourite Li Haotong went on to claim victory by three shots.
Despite that disappointment, Aguilar was overwhelmingly positive about his week in Beijing, and now has his sights set on the rest of the season and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"It's a good week," he said. "Before you even start playing if someone tells you you're going to finish second, you take it.
"It was a good overall week except for one hole, one swing, and unfortunately that was on the 16th hole today. Besides that I'm quite happy with the way I played this week.
I haven't been playing very well and I played well this week. This was a turning point - Felipe Aguilar
"I'm into the Olympics now representing my country. There are too many positive things just to worry about one bad shot.
"It's going to be fun. I'm going to have my wife as a caddie and my team is going to be travelling with me so it's going to be a really good experience.
"I'm looking forward to everything that is happening now."
Lucas Bjerregaard entered Sunday alongside Aguilar at the top of the leaderboard but his challenge fell away as he struggled on the greens on his way to a 70 and a tie for third.
After a brilliant end to the 2015 season, the Dane has not recreated that form so far this term but, much like Aguilar, he hopes to use this week as a springboard.
"It's a good week," he said. "Obviously I haven't been playing great coming here so it's nice to be in contention and feel that pressure again and I thought I handled myself pretty well out there.
"On the front nine it seemed like I was on the wrong side of the hole a lot so I had some tough putts that I didn't really get things going.
"Felipe played awesome on the front nine, so did Haotong. They posted some good numbers on the first nine holes and I couldn't really get it going so it was a quiet day for me. I hit a lot of greens but didn't make a lot of putts.
"Not as good as yesterday and I was hoping to be a little more in contention coming down the last few holes but all in all it's a good week.
"I'll go home and take a lot of positives from this. I'm looking forward to the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship and all those. It will be a good stretch, a busy summer."
