Fourth top-ten finish on bounce for Fife golfer Connor Syme

Though happy to have kept that succession of successes going – following on from a tie for fourth in Northern Ireland in August and joint-third in Switzerland and joint-seventh in Ireland earlier this month – the 28-year-old admits he was disappointed not to have finished further up the leaderboard than joint-tenth.

Playing in the final group in the $9m Rolex Series event alongside Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg and Merseysider Tommy Fleetwood, Syme had to settle for a closing two-over-par 74 after running up a triple-bogey seven at the eighth hole.

A pushed iron off the tee left him facing a tough second shot to a green guarded by water and he pulled his approach into the trees. He then hit a provisional ball into the water before doing exactly the same thing after going back to the same spot to hit his fourth shot.

“It’s just so frustrating about the eighth,” he said, reflecting on that mishap effectively ending any realistic title hopes.