A disastrous final six holes has left Ryan Fox struggling near the rear of the field after the opening round of the Scottish Open.
Fox, fresh off two top-three finishes on the European Tour, seemed to be in cruise mode for his first 12 holes, his only complaint being a lack of birdies amongst 12 par scores.
However, things began to unravel for Fox at the 13th hole as he recorded three consecutive bogeys, largely at the hands of his short game.
A brief respite from the pain occurred on the 16th as he nailed a long putt to secure his lone birdie of the round. However, on the 18th he found trouble once again; his tee shot landed in a fairway bunker which forced him to lay-up 170m from the pin before he took another four shots to find the hole and a double-bogey to finish.
With the four-over round, Fox lies in a tie for 112th on the leaderboard and a whopping 13 shots behind the leader Cameron Tringale from the USA.