Ross Fisher was happy with his performance as he posted a bogey-free 65 to sit second after the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The Englishman carded an eagle and five birdies at Kingsbarns on Thursday to get to within one shot of overnight leader Alex Noren.
Fisher, who lost out to Alexander Levy in a play-off at the Porsche European Open in his last outing, was thrilled to finish the first day on seven under.
He said: "I’m obviously very pleased with the round, and it’s a good continuation of the form I showed in Germany a couple of weeks back.
"Kingsbarns is normally the easier of the three courses so you know you have to make a decent score here, but when the wind blows here it’s anything but easy, because some holes are very exposed to the elements.
"So I’m delighted with seven under to start.
"It’s a different wind to the one we experienced in practice, it completely flipped around so it was almost like playing a different course.
"So it took a few holes to get into the round and get used to the conditions, but the birdie on 16 got me off and running and I didn’t look back after that."
The eagle on three was obviously the highlight, and to finish with another birdie on the ninth was the icing on the cake - Ross Fisher
Starting at the tenth tee, Fisher reached the turn in 35 after making one birdie on his front nine.
But his round came to life on the back nine, with an eagle at the third and birdies at the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth propelling him up the leaderboard.
Fisher added: "The eagle on three was obviously the highlight, and to finish with another birdie on the ninth was the icing on the cake.
"But I’m almost more pleased to have kept the bogeys off my card, because it’s not an easy course in those conditions."
