There's no need for Rod Pampling to bottle the secret of his success after he set a new course record and threatened to pull off a miraculous Australian Open victory.
After a mind-blowing final-round 61 earned him a place at next year's British Open, the veteran confessed it's already been done - and he bought it in the pub the night before.
Queenslander Pampling broke from his usual abstentious habits during tournament play to sink a couple of Bundaberg rums after his third round left him four over par at The Australian and 14 strokes behind overall leader Matt Jones.
The impromptu night out with his former caddy must have done something because he recovered from a first-hole bogey on Sunday to shatter Jordan Spieth's 2015 course record by two shots and claim a spot at the 2016 Open at Royal Troon.
"It was nothing major: just a couple of nice social drinks," smiled 46-year-old Pampling, whose previous best score came when he opened with two rounds of nine-under at the BMW Charity Pro-Am in the US earlier this year.
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"I don't normally drink when I'm at a tournament but I hadn't seen him for a while and at four-over I really didn't think there was much going on.
"I guess it fuelled up the tank and I came out on fire."
Pampling finished six under for the tournament, just two shots behind winner Jones, after sharing the lead for about two hours during Sunday's thrilling conclusion.
He qualified for the Open as one of the top three players not already exempt, Jones and Nick Cullen joining him.
Pampling drew raucous cheers and gasps of astonishment with the shot that completed his record-breaking round, sinking a 70-foot eagle putt to go with his earlier nine birdies.
"I was just seeing them really well and obviously it's a bonus to get that one on the last," Pampling said.
"I was more looking at trying to give it a chance to still make the birdie.
"When it went up the hill and started tracking, it was just a little bit right of the hole and then I didn't pick it and it just sort of snuck a bit left, so I was very happy to see it go left and at perfect speed."
It'll be a second straight appearance at the Open for Pampling, who missed the cut at St Andrews this year after clinching his place there by finishing runner-up to Spieth at the 2015 Australian Open.
"It's just a nice little cherry to have at the end," he said.
"Obviously you want to hold the trophy up but it's certainly awesome to be getting back into the British again."
