ANDREW WILSON took home the biggest pay cheque of his career as he enjoyed the most memorable of Open Championships.

Wilson, from Darlington and playing out of Rockliffe Hall, finished in a tie for 32nd place, moving 18 places up the leaderboard yesterday.

After making the cut on Friday after rounds of 76 and 67, he enjoyed back to back 71s over the weekend.

He finished one over par at Royal Portrush and collected almost 50,000 euros.