Shubhankar Sharma insists he will take a lot of confidence from his performance on the final day of The 151st Open Championship after posting the only bogey-free round on Sunday.
The Indian enjoyed a week to remember at Royal Liverpool, finishing in a tie for eighth on five under par to record his best Major Championship result to date.
Perhaps his most impressive achievement was keeping his card clean in extremely tricky weather conditions in the fourth round, with none of the other players on a star-studded leaderboard able to match that feat.
Two-time DP World Tour winner Sharma carded 17 pars in his spotless 70, with his only birdie coming from around 15 feet at the par-four 14th.
Speaking about his round, the 27-year-old said: "It's amazing. I just played out of my skin, grinding from the first hole.
"I don't remember the last time I've hit so many long irons into par fours - two irons, four irons, five irons all day, and I struck them brilliantly.
"So really proud of myself and the way I handled myself on the course.
"The front nine was slightly edgy in some places. I did well to make up-and-down and make pars, but the back nine was just incredible ball-striking.
"Everything was close. Everything in those conditions with four irons, five irons in, everything was 15 to 20 feet - some were like four, five feet. I missed a four-footer, five-footer, six-footer on the par threes.
"Really happy. Very pleased with the way I played and it gives me a lot of confidence."
