Dan Bradbury keeping his eyes on the prize after new-found fame

Dan Bradbury admits it has been a whirlwind few days since his historic victory at the Joburg Open but he insists he is keeping the focus on his golf as he looks to go back-to-back at the Investec South African Open.

The Englishman became the lowest-ranked professional to win a DP World Tour event when - from 1,397th in the Official World Ranking - he lifted the trophy at Houghton Golf Club playing on an invite in just his third event.

That remarkable achievement has led to him being inundated with messages and, while he admits it has all been a lot to take in, he is eager to focus on the week ahead in Johannesburg before reflecting on his success.

"I'm a little tired, I'm still getting round to answering people on my phone which is still going mental," he said. "I'm struggling with that a little bit but I'm at the point now where I'm just going to play golf and figure it all out in ten days when I'm home.

"It feels nice. It still hasn't hit me. I think when I get home everything will hit me a little bit more but it's just a nice feeling being out here and there's a little less pressure this week."

Fatigued may not be the ideal condition in which to take on the test of Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate which, at 8,161 yards, is the longest course in DP World Tour history.

But Bradbury insists he is relishing the test and believes there are still plenty of birdies to be made this week.

"It’s massive," he said. "We’re going to be putting the mid-to-long irons to work this week.

"Sometimes we tend to just use the top end and bottom end of the clubs in the golf bag, and the middle kind of gets forgotten about. I like a mix. This week it’s nice to be hitting a lot of seven and six irons into greens. As much as it’s harder it’s nice to mix it up."