GLASGOW golfer Scott Henry has admitted how the dark days during his desperate run of results almost left him in tears.

But the 30-year-old reckons there is now light at the end of the tunnel having made his first cut after 14 early exits in a row.

Henry, the former Scottish Open Strokeplay champ, has stepped down to the second-tier Challenge Tour this week and tees-up in the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge at Macdonald Spey Valley in Aviemore.

He made the cut on the main European Tour with a share of 12th in the BMW International Open at the weekend and is hoping he can kick-start his season after a nightmare start.

Henry said: “There was a low point during that run. I was down in South Africa and had shot four or five-under in the first round but then was four or five-over in round two and I missed the cut by a shot. That was my seventh missed cut in a row. I just lost my head in the second round. I’m not saying I was crying, but there were definitely tears in my eyes.

“But it’s not been just this season. It has been a long time that I’ve thought ‘what the hell am I doing?’ How can I have the game I have and all the ability I know I’ve got and still be underperforming so much?”

Henry has started working with the respected Bothwell Castle coach Alan McCloskey and he believes the switch is slowly starting to bear fruit.

He added: “What Alan said when I first started with him was quite depressing to hear. He said if I’d gone to him at 17 or 18, he would just have worked on my basics and let me play because I had a game that nobody else at that age around me really had.

"It was funny as my dad had said that to me at that age and I was telling him to shut up. I guess you get fed too much information at times, and when you’re young and a bit more vulnerable, you soak it up.

"I feel like I’ve got the right people beside me now. Last week’s result isn’t ultimately what I’m aspiring to but it’s definitely a massive step.”