Strut his stuff on big stage
off the tee and my ball striking can be really good but my game just needs to be way sharper. It’s as simple as that. It’s very small margins and that’s what I need to improve. The fact that I’m in Scotland probably doesn’t aid that and that’s something you’ve got to continually fight against.”
Drysdale almost didn’t make it to the first tee in the final round after suffering an injury scare as he tweaked his neck warming up on the range. That being the case, the Cockburnspath man did well to sign off with a par round to secure a top-30 finish. “I did something to my neck on the range this morning after hitting a coupleof3-woods.iactuallythought for three or four minutes I wouldn’t be going out. So it was all right. I just couldn’t turn through it but I managed to hobble around.”
Having tied for fourth in the Irish Open at Portstewart to secure his appearance here, having only played in the season’s major once before at Turnberry in 2009, it’s been a terrific few weeks for Drysdale, both in terms of his bank balance and, equally important, his confidence.
“I felt really comfortable this week and really enjoyed the crowds. It was an incredible atmosphere. I really should be playing a few more of these types of events and hopefully I can in future,” he added. “I’ve played around 430 events now and I’d love to win a tournament. If I were to finish my career without winning on the European Tour I’d be annoyed. “I’ve got three weeks and then I’ll come back for the Paul Lawrie Match Play. I’m going back down here to play with my mates although that might be more drinking than golfing! But it will be nice to have
a break.”