Law, who will be buoyed by making the cut in seven of his last eight events and finishing in the top 30 in the last three, will join Stephen Gallacher at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona after the European Junior Ryder Cup captain finished 184th in the standings.

The Second Stage takes place at four venues around Spain next week, with 13 Scots, including Sandy Scott, Graeme Robertson and Sam Locke, aiming to be involved in the Final Stage as well.

As she knows better than anyone, it is the only way to ensure that I can't be tempted to respond to anything that might happening in the golf world and, by the looks of things, last week was a good time to be off as it seems that there was nothing really going on away with from the tournament front.

I'm pleased to report that, helped by a couple of games of golf, including a memorable hit at Dumbarnie Links on one of those delightful autumn days, my batteries have been suitably recharged and so has the one for the laptop. That means we are ready and raring to go for a big few weeks on the DP World Tour in particular but the Challenge Tour as well, with that run starting this week with the main focus from the Scottish perspective being on David Law.

There's no point in shying away from the fact that I've not played good enough this season," declared the 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open winner. "It's certainly not been through lack of effort or lack of trying, but, for one reason or another, it's not been happening."

At that particular time, Law had just missed five cuts in a row and was outside the top 150 in the season-long standings. He's since picked up valuable points in six of his last seven starts by making it through to the weekend, with a brace of top-30 finishes in Spain boosting his bid to hang on to a card without having to face a return to the Qualifying School in a few weeks' time.

“I need to be really up front about it,” he admitted of his perilous position after signing for an eagle and seven birdies. “I'm aware of the situation that I'm in. I know that I need a big week. It's not just that I need a few good weeks; I need a big week.

“Luckily these events that we're playing now, they are big points. So this is a fantastic opportunity. Look, I'm trying my best. If it happens this week, it happens. If it doesn't, then I've got another three goes I think after. Yeah, I know exactly the situation I'm in and I know the golf I need to play.”

This performance was just what the doctor ordered for the 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open winner. “I putted really well,” he added. “Holed a few good putts, and my iron play was solid, which was great. Actually cracked my driver yesterday on the Old Course. So I have not taken this new one on the course yet, but that behaved reasonably well, as well.”

On a day when South African Darren Fichardt set a hot pace with an 11-under-par 61 – his lowest competitive round for 23 years – at Kingsbarns, Jamieson was also chuffed with an opening salvo that contained an eagle and seven birdies. “Well, yeah, what's not to love?” said the Florida-based player with a smile. “You've got Scotland, the sun is out, no wind. It's pretty much the perfect day, isn't it?”

Sitting 84th in the Race to Dubai, his card is safe for next season and more of the same this week and he’ll be in with a chance of being involved in the new season-ending play-offs, with the top 70 getting into the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship then the top 50 teeing up in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

“I felt like the last month or so I've been playing a bit better than my results,” said Jamieson. “So you've just got to keep telling yourself that and you're moving in the right direction. I started the year well, so I would hate to not be in the last couple of events. Big push for the next few weeks, and then hopefully be there.”

Ferguson, who landed his third DP World Tour title when winning the BMW International Open in Munich earlier in the year, sits 24th in the Race to Dubai and one big week before the end of the season could catapult him into a position to secure one of ten PGA Tour cards up for grab for next year.

However, the 28-year-old is missing out on a home appearance due to still being affected by health issues, having faced a battle with vertigo earlier in the year then being forced to pull out of the Czech Masters last month due to numbness in his hands.

“I’m not playing the Dunhill, which is due to my health issues,” Ferguson, who finished in a tie for 17th in the event, which is played at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews in 2021, told The Scotsman. “I struggle with numb hands in the cold and it was the same in the recent Irish Open.

“It’s long rounds as well in the Dunhill and I still don’t feel 100 per cent healthy, so I don’t want to ruin myself for other big weeks coming up.”

“It will be a bit of baby-sitting for me, I think,” he added, laughing. “He’s just going to go there and hopefully enjoy it and I will enjoy it, too, if he is smiling.”

Had Dougie, a top shinty player in his day, required a bit of persuasion to join Gerry McIlroy, who is partnering Rory, in showing off his golf game in front of crowds in the $5 million event?

“He did a little bit, but it will be a one and done thing probably and I just hope he enjoys it and doesn’t get too worked up about it,” added the Scottish No 1.

“There’s a level I am playing at now and I honestly feel as if I am playing with one hand tied behind my back because I am playing so badly with the short irons and wedges,” the 28-year-old told The Scotsman.

Asked what he needed to do to rectify that ahead of his next appearance alongside dad Dougie in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship back on home soil, the Genesis Scottish Open champion said: “It’s a bit of technique and I also think the equipment needs a bit of a tweak. We just need to keep working hard at it.

“But, to be doing that (finishing where he did in the $9 million Rolex Series event) when there’s a lot of wedges on this golf course, it is alright.“

Ewen Ferguson signed off with a bogey-free 68 for an 11-under aggregate, securing his first top-20 effort since winning the BMW International Open in Munich in early July.

Lawrence dropped out at the first extra hole, leaving 2014 winner McIlroy and 2021 champion Horschel in a gripping head-to-head battle to become a repeat champion in one of the game’s great events.