The Open: Cornwall’s Harry Hall in confident mood after qualifying for Royal Portrush

Hall got his first and, so far only, tour win a year ago at the Isco Championship and has had four top 10 finishes this year, making the cut in 16 of his 19 events and is 46th on the PGA rankings.

He says the result at Burnham and Berrow came after a strong start where he shot two rounds of 67.

“I played really nice. I started off strong in the morning, I shot six under on the front [nine holes] and thought it was going to be a breeze, and then in the middle of the round I didn’t play so good,” he said.

“But I had a good attitude all day and was able to finish strong on Tuesday afternoon on the last few holes and got to eight under and I knew that would be enough.”

Camborne-born Hall turned professional in 2019 having come through the United States’ college system with the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

While he has finished in the top 20 in five of his last six tournaments in the United States, he says the support he gets from those who know him from the West Cornwall Golf Club has been invaluable – especially during qualifying earlier this week.

“The amount of support I had on Tuesday from West Cornwall members and a lot of the South West, just coming up to watch me on Tuesday was awesome,” he said.

“I reckon there were 400 people maybe walking around the course on Tuesday so it was really cool to have that support and hopefully I can have as much as possible in a couple of weeks’ time.”

The Open Championship takes place at Portrush in Northern Ireland from 17-20 July.