Julien Brun. Kate McShane

We have nothing but respect from DP World Tour pro Julien Brun, who had a weekend from hell, admitted it afterward and roasted himself in winning fashion.

Brunā€™s takeaway from the DP World Tourā€™s Italian Open was that he ā€œsucked,ā€ and we canā€™t really argue with the results, which featured a Saturday 83 highlighted by four lost balls, three double-bogeys and two penalties. The 31-year-old Frenchman bogeyed 1 and 4 and 6 and 7 and went on to double bogey 11 and 12 and 14 and then for good measure bogeyed 15 and 17. Oh, also, he found the water on four different holes ā€¦ so, yeah, what a Saturday.

He did have three birdies which slowed down the bleeding (a bit), but they werenā€™t going to save Brun from a no-good, very bad day.

Perhaps the most memorable gaffe (or haunting depending on the individual) was a rules miscommunication for Brun. The Texas Christian star either missed the memo or just forgot that players could no longer ā€œlift, clean and placeā€ over the weekend despite being able to the first two rounds. That led to two penalty strokes on the first six holes, the final straw to cement a lousy weekend.

Thereā€™s not a player in the world that would be happy with that showing, Brun included, but the golfer put on a happy face and posted his way through it as all the greats do.

Brun improved on his disastrous Saturday with a non-eventful (in a good way) final-round 75. A lesson for all golfers out there: Take any positives, because itā€™s often rare.

So, this will be one to forget for Brun as he finished the Italian Open 28 shots back of the eventual winner due to a medley of screw-ups, but he ā€œlaughed a lotā€ and went viral. Isnā€™t that really all that matters?