Dominic Clemons’ love of East Lothian links reached new levels today when he blew away the field to claim a stunning 17-shot victory at the Scottish Men’s Open Championship.

The 21-year-old Englishman carded rounds of 68-65-65-62 for a total of 24-under and a hugely impressive win at Muirfield.

From a field of 144 starters from 24 nations around the world, it was the golfer from Cambridge who proved a class above his rivals with a near-flawless performance to leave runner-up Jordan Burnand from South Africa and Australia's Kai Komulainen trailing in his slipstream.

Clemons moves up to No. 295 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings with the win.

In the course of 72 holes over the renowned Open Championship venue, Clemons posted 28 birdies and just four bogeys to become the 11th English winner of this event.

And it’s not the first time the Stetson University student has lifted silverware on Scotland’s Golf Coast.

Eight years ago, Clemons traveled north and won the Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open just a few miles down the coast from Muirfield at Craigielaw.

Today, his game was on a different level to his fellow competitors as he proved that despite the passage of time his mastery of the links remains intact.

With dad Mike on the bag, Clemons built on a one-shot lead after 36 holes. In fact, he wiped out his rivals by shooting 15 under par for his two Sunday rounds and had Muirfield club historians digging out the record books.

He said modestly:

"When it's your day, it's your day," Clemons said. "When I was out there, I wasn't thinking about what it means to win around Muirfield, but now it's sinking in.

"My dad was pushing the trolley and tee to green we shared a few opinions but he left me to it. He's laid-back and it was good to have him out there and to have family around me after all they've done down the years.

This was the first time since the inaugural event in 1967 that Muirfield had staged the championship – and the host venue met with universal approval from the players, guests, and spectators.

The leaderboard throughout the three days of competition had an international flavor – ably demonstrated on day one when Denmark’s Jamie Nielsen held the top spot.