Standing on the 13th tee on a windy afternoon that tested every player, O'Donovan was 1-over on his day and admits the frustration was beginning to set in and almost boil over.

"It was definitely a grind out there," he said. "I couldn't make a putt all day until 13. I had one bogey and 12 pars."

Safely onboard for two on the short par-5 13th, which was also playing downwind today, set O'Donovan on a run home for the ages.

"I made a nice two-putt birdie on 13, and then they just started flowing," he said.

"I hit some really good shots, and I honestly played some of my best golf to finish the way I did, and I'm very proud of it."

O'Donovan made three more birdies from 14 through 16 to make it four on the trot, and after finding the fairway trap on 18, made a clutch up and down from just short of the putting surface.

As the NSW Amateur winner in 2024, O'Donovan was afforded the incredible opportunity to play the opening two rounds of the 2024 NSW Open alongside eventual champion Lucas Herbert and 2022 Open champion Cameron Smith.

"I definitely want to play with those two guys again on the same playing field, but regardless of where my career goes, I've played with Cam Smith, who's won an Open, and that makes me very happy," O’Donovan said.

Off the back of his performance at Murray Downs, the Avondale member was invited to play in the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia's Gippsland Super 6, and his dedication to get himself to Warragul says a lot about the 21-year-old.

"I got a flight to Melbourne and had to get a train down, so I was lugging my golf clubs and suitcase around Melbourne," he said.

What he modestly left out of the story though was that once O'Donovan reached Warragul, not wanting to worry anyone, he set about the 30-minute walk to his billet’s house with his clubs on his back and suitcase in hand.