Oliver Betschart is vowing to put lessons learned at the Hill Country Open to good use as he continues to develop his game.

The Bermudian finished tied for eleventh at 11 over among the 82-strong field in the 36-hole Srixon Billiard Factory Prestige Tour event, which was held at the par 72 Hyatt Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas.

Betschart struggled on the challenging course and feels he paid the price for poor decision making in the final round.

“It was a difficult weekend for me,” Betschart said. “The course was pretty tricky and the course did not match my game too well,” the 15-year-old told The Royal Gazette.

“But that’s one thing I am out here to do is learn to adapt to any course that I play and be able to do my best on it.”

Betschart carded an opening round three-over 75, which included a birdie, two bogeys and a double bogey, that left him tied for third and just four shots off the lead.

“The first round was pretty average,” he said. “I only made one birdie, which was pretty surprising for me, but made a bunch of pars and a silly double on my ninth hole making the turn,” he said.

“But I kept it together and made a good back nine at one over to finish the round at three over.”

The teenager got off to a decent start in the second round before his fortunes took a turn for the worst as he limped in for an eight-over, 80, which included four birdies, seven bogeys, a double bogey and triple bogey.

“Going into the second day my expectations were pretty high,” Betschart said. “I knew if I shot under par that day that I’d have a really good chance at winning so that was my goal.

“I was looking to get my total score back down under par for the whole tournament so that would have needed a four-under round for me.

“I was on the way and my path was drawn after the front nine. I was one under after he front nine in the second round then chipped in for birdie at No 10. I was feeling pumped and ready to finish up the round and then just started to get unlucky breaks.

“I still felt like I wasn’t playing bad but decision making was a bit screwed up after my triple bogey on the 13th hole which was difficult to carry on.

“I ended up shooting nine over which was a really bad score on the back nine and I just couldn’t stay very focused. I tried to get it back together after the first couple of mistakes but my bad shots got punished and then my good shots got punished as well so it was a difficult back nine for me.

“It was very disappointing as well not being able to pull it through after having the solo lead through 12 holes, but it’s a learning experience for me.

“I am going to learn from this and do better in my next tournament. I have multiple things I have to work on now and looking to do better in my next tournament.”

Betschart went into the tournament on a high after winning a maiden Moongate Tour Championship at Port Royal and the Texas Junior Open at the Golf Club of Texas in San Antonio at the first attempt last month.