Won in only the fifth start of his rookie European Tour season, claiming the ISPS Handa Vic Open in dramatic fashion, finishing birdie-par-eagle to erase a three shot deficit and win outright.

Claimed his maiden Challenge Tour victory just seven months earlier, on home soil, at the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts in 2018, and went on to graduate to the European Tour by finishing inside the top 15 in the Challenge Tour Rankings that year.

First joined the Challenge Tour in 2014 after a successful amateur career, where he became Scottish Boys champion once and Scottish Amateur champion twice, before joining the paid ranks in 2013.