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Fisher joined the in 2006 and has since won twice, but over the last six months he has really come to the attention of the wider golfing public.

In May he lost out to Paul Casey for the PGA Championship at Wentworth and in June he finished fifth in the US Open at Bethpage.

But as playing partners and went backwards at a rate of knots at Turnberry on Friday, Fisher forged on, climbing to three under par.

"One of his strongest attributes is his mental belief in himself and his ability not to get upset on the golf course," Fisher's long-time coach Kristian Baker, head of instruction at Wentworth, told me.

"I've never once seen him throw a golf club or shout in frustration and I'd challenge anyone to find that on tape or anything. If he hits a bad shot it's almost like he's straight away thinking about the next shot.

"He never ever gets emotional on the golf course. If he has a birdie you never see him get too excited, if he has a bogey you never see him get too frustrated."

Baker has worked with Fisher for about eight years and guided him from the Wentworth academy, on to the Challenge Tour and to .

"The reason that he's got to be a very good player is because he hits it immense distances and is a very, very solid driver of the ball," said Baker.

So what was it that he first saw in the young Fisher?

"What stood out at the very beginning was his ability to hit the ball a long way and still hit it straight," Baker said. "He would stand on the practice ground and hit it as far and as hard as he possibly could. But he would still keep it on the planet."

Baker says Fisher's golf swing has developed a lot in their time together but he stresses that all the changes have been made very slowly.

"In the last five years we've changed a lot but small changes can have a big difference in terms of where the ball goes and therefore his scoring average," said Baker.

"His ball striking is now more consistent, his ball flight is more consistent and his ability to control distance is now extremely good. He can now hit this one 160 yards and the next 165, either by gripping down the club or taking a bit off his swing. That's improved an awful lot in the last 12 months.

"He's extra-accurate off the tee for his length and much more consistent now on par threes.

"His frame lends itself to hitting the ball a long way but ultimately he hits it hard and out the middle of the golf club.

"It's a confidence in the technique. If you feel confident and comfortable you can hit the ball hard. If there's any doubt, you're going to ease off and try to guide the ball."

Baker works behind the scenes with a physio and a biomechanist to assess Fisher's body and work out how they can make his swing better. The changes are then fed to Fisher in simple steps, just like a lesson an 18 handicapper would have.

"We're looking to improve his mobility and stability on the lower body and that's really where we'll be focusing in the next 18 months," said Baker. "We're looking to create a much more solid platform to work around.

"He will be starting to work out much more heavily, too, but that's further down the line. If you look at Tiger Woods, the first thing to create before putting on the bulk is the right range of motions. For example, the amount of rotation in your hips is very influential in the golf swing.

"So you need to sort that out before going to the gym and working on the biceps. We've got to build the engine for the car. Once we've got that we can put on the bling wheels and wide arches."

Baker is in no doubt that Fisher is ready to win a major tournament and reckons he could win any one of them.

"When you hit the ball so long and straight off the tee I don't think there's a golf course that doesn't suit him," he said. "And he's got the imagination that links golf requires. You need all your things to click in one particular week, but he has got the game to win at the highest level, unquestionably."

Fisher said after his second round at Turnberry that his performance in the US Open last month has given him the belief to know he can compete, and beat, the very best.

"Every time you walk away from a US Open disappointed with coming fifth, you know you're doing something right," he said. " I felt I had a really good chance to win but I just didn't quite pull it off and putts didn't quite drop. But I didn't feel like I threw it away, so I'll take those positive thoughts and hopefully put them into good use for the next few days.

"I think my game's ready to win the biggest and best tournaments."

His game might be ready; the question is whether Mrs F is ready. She was due on Tuesday. Fisher's phone remains switched off when he is playing but his manager Conor Ridge is in constant touch.

So have they discussed names, maybe something linked with Turnberry or the Open if he wins?

"We have talked about it," Fisher admitted. "We've not entirely ruled it out, but I'd be surprised. You couldn't really call it Claret Jug Fisher could you?"

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