While rivals live, breathe and sleep golf to compete at the top of the ruthless sport, Kaewkanjana’s entirely different approach appears to be paying off. He scored 68 in his opening round, to leave him three-under and in contention with the leading pack.

Fickle weather and funny bounces are classic features of links golf and it makes the British Open a test of the mind as much as anything else.

Kaewkanjana has won three times on the Asian Tour and five times on the Thailand Golf Tour. He played in two PGA Championships and didn't make the cut. And he was T11 at the British Open in 2022. But the bigger story here is that he's an ordained Buddhist monk.