Victor Dubuisson hopes that his unbeaten performance at the Ryder Cup can help promote golf in his home country of France and build bridges for 2018 when the event will be staged near Versailles.
The softly spoken 24-year-old from Cannes has been a revelation to many golf fans at Gleneagles, who were unaware who he was after learning that he had made Paul McGinley's team.
But two winning foursomes in the company of Graeme McDowell on Friday and Saturday and a closely fought halve with former Masters winner Zach Johnson on Sunday has raised his profile immensely.
Now he hopes that exposure can help promote what will be only the second staging of the Ryder Cup on continetal Europe.
"We've got the Ryder Cup in 2018, so I hope what I have done this week will motivate more people to play," he said.
"They are building a lot of nine holes, a lot of short nine holes, par 3, everywhere in France. I hope it's going to be good and, yeah, I hope that more people will play golf in France now.
"The Ryder Cup is such a huge event.I mean, so many people are coming there, so I really hope it will be the same that we had this week here in France."
Dubuisson is only the third French golfer to play in the Ryder Cup, but already he has the best Ryder Cup record of any Frenchman.
In 1999 Jean Van de Velde only played in the singles and he lost that and in 2004, Thomas Levet won one and lost two.
It was all in stark contrast to this time last year, when Dubuisson was a largely unknown talent even though he had been the world amateur number one.
But his first win as a pro in Turkey late last year and a run into the final of the WGC Matchplay tournament earlier this year opened the door to Ryder Cup selection and the understated Dubuisson has certainly grabbed his chance.
His character intrigued the British press in the leadup to Gleneagles -- one paper dubbing him "The Greta Garbo of Golf" and another "The Coollest Frenchman since Thierry Henry."
He struggled to communicate at his solo press conference ahead of Friday's opening games, but immediately looked comfortable when he stepped onto a packed first tee with McDowell on Friday afternoon.
And it was once again to McDowell that Dubuisson turned when asked in the team press conference after the 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 win over the Americans how he had been able to produce such sublime shot-making.
"This week has been amazing, playing with Graeme, the two foursomes, it was like a dream for me, and I really tried to do my best. I played really well," he said.
"I think the reason why I was in my game this way was only because of Graeme, because I was so nervous from Monday to Thursday.
"But I mean, walking with him to the first tee, I mean, when I hit my first shot, the stress was gone, and then I really played -- I think I played really well."
It remains to be seen whether Dubuisson can move on from there and perhaps become just the second Frenchman to win a major title. The last was Arnaud Massy at the 1907 British Open.
Source: AFP
