Chris MacLean knows better than anyone just how close he came.
Standing on the 14th in the final round at the EuroPro Tour Championship, the young Scot led the way knowing if he held on, he would stamp his ticket to the Challenge Tour.
Only a win would have been enough to secure one of the five coveted places.
However, a missed birdie putt rocked the Balmore native, who eventually finished in a tie for third.
“It’s pretty devastating,” MacLean told bunkered.co.uk.
“Standing over the birdie putt on 14 it was my tournament to lose, so to lose it was absolutely gutting. The putter kind of deserted me on the back nine.
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“It’s nice to know I can perform when I’m under the cosh, but I should have been closer.
“I had a chat with some of the guys and we were saying second or 60th was the exact same, so you might as well have a go. For 50 holes I was in the mix.”
MacLean has had much more to contend with this year than just a misbehaving putter, however.
Having begun his campaign on the Pro Golf Tour, the war in Ukraine forced him into a rethink and led to him playing mostly EuroPro events.
“It’s been a bit of a ‘what-if’ season. I’ve played a lot of really good golf at times,” he continued.
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