No concern with the Ruff at the Australian Masters Everyone now knows that, on talent, Ryan Ruffels seems like Australian golf's next big thing. But the way the 16-year-old carried himself on and off the course proved he also has the personality and mental strength to handle stardom in a spot that relies heavily on both. It would have been so easy for the rising amateur to be overawed playing with Adam Scott and Geoff Ogilvy in the first two days and all the media focus that came with it. Or conversely, fall off the radar over the weekend after the giddiness subsided. But Ruffels never had that let-down round, eventually finishing at three under. His play is as even as his demeanour, but it appears the Victorian also knows that the best golfers are those who give a bit more, and his insights through the media were exactly what the event needed in the absence of Adam Scott's dominance. Expect to hear the "Ruff, Ruff, Ruff" chant, that began at Metropolitan with his 10-metre putt on the 18th on Friday, for many years to come. Records made to be broken Considering the career-boosting tournament this has been for 18-year-old amateur Lucas Herbert, he probably won't be shattered that it took just 24 hours for him to lose his exclusive hold on the course record at Metropolitan. He now shares it with Rhein Gibson, a professional from New South Wales, who equalled Herbert's round of 65 on Sunday with an all-out attack that had a bit of everything - eight birdies, three bogeys and an eagle. It took him from one over par overnight (which would have earned him a cheque of about $5000) to six under overall and equal fourth.. The record is nothing new for Gibson. On Saturday, Herbert poured in nine birdies in his 65 that set a record because this is the first tournament using the club's new layout. Herbert on Sunday threatened to become the first amateur to win the Masters when he was a joint leader early in the final round. However it fell apart when the Victorian registered three bogeys in four holes through the middle. Still, his performance, equal fifth overall, underlined the rise of Australian golf's future this summer. The one that keeps getting away Having played the past two Australian Masters, Geoff Ogilvy will have to decide whether he attempts next year to claim the only triple crown title missing from his trophy cabinet. Much like Adam Scott, it was a strange week for Ogilvy. He stalked the field during the first three days with rounds of 69, 71 and 71 to be five under and three shots behind going into Sunday. You always thought he was coming. But then he never did. It was expected his class and experience in closing out in the final round (unmatched in this field except for Scott) would culminate in a Sunday surge that would give the unheralded names ahead of him the wobbles. However Ogilvy made it easier for the front-runners by never really giving himself a chance. He began his round with bogey on the third and then a six on the gettable 476-metre par 5 fourth (the third-easiest hole on the course) and he basically never fired a shot thereafter, eventually finishing at 75 for the day, 2 under overall and in equal 25th position. All Wright ... until the end For much of the tournament, the thought of little-known 40-year-old Michael Wright completing a wire-to-wire victory over a field including Scott and Ogilvy was one that many people didn't think was possible. We thought he might have got lucky on the first day, getting the best of the flukey winds that suited his game anyway. But he was still there after day two and by halfway through day three it seemed like he might have what it takes to win this event. He was honest with the media throughout about the mental battle he wages with himself when he has a club in his hands, and we can all relate to that at some level. It would have been a nice story. The winner's cheque of $180,000 is chump change for the big names but would have meant plenty to a journeyman who revealed this week that he wasn't in the financial position to fly his family to Melbourne to watch him play. As it turned out, the Queenslander never recovered from his nervous finish to the third round, when he and playing partner and day three leader Paul Spargo were warned for slow play and Wright carded four bogeys in his final eight holes. He tumbled down the leaderboard on Sunday with a round of 80 to finish at one over, while Spargo ended up finishing equal fifth on 281 after a final round of 73.