World No. 979 Stewart's dilemma after finishing fourth at Alfred Dunhill Links

Scotland's Michael Stewart rises up 496 places in the world rankings after his fourth place at the Alfred Dunhill Links.

Michael Stewart has his eye on the second-tier Challenge Tour next

-20 A Meronk (Pol); -18 C Jarvis (SA), N Norgaard (Den); -17 M Stewart (Sco), T Fleetwood (Eng); -16 R MacIntyre (Sco), B Koepka (US)

Selected others: -13 C Syme (Sco); -12 S Bairstow (Eng), C Hill (Sco); -12 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), M Jordan (Eng); -11 D Law (Sco), R Mansell (Eng); -9 P Harrington (Ire), A Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Jamieson (Sco), C Adam (Sco), E Walker (Sco)

On Wednesday, Michael Stewart earned £2,500 for finishing runner-up in the Tartan Pro Tour event at Duddingston Golf Club near Edinburgh.

Four days later, the 36-year-old picked up nearly 100 times that by finishing joint fourth behind winner Adrian Meronk at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - "without doubt" the best week of his career and a potentially career-changing one.

Source: BBC Sport