The seven-year-old took the microphone at the Corowa Golf Club on Saturday night and told of watching on television as his father represented Australia in Rio. 

“My daddy has been a great sport this year and he went to the Olympics and I saw him do a big swing with the golf club in slow motion,” Archie said to cheers.

“It was really cool, I loved it.”

An estimated 300 attended the welcome home, including Albury MLA Greg Aplin and Federation Council administrator Mike Eden.

Fraser and his caddy Jason Wallis told of their Rio run which saw them come fifth.

Speaking to The Border Mail, Fraser said the backing of his hometown hit new heights with the Olympics. 

“I’ve always been really well supported by the town, but that was another level,” he said. 

“Getting all the photos and that kind of thing sent through, it was pretty amazing to see how much support I was getting. It really felt like not only was I playing for the country over there, but I was really playing for Corowa and the community.”

Fraser said he felt “like fifth was a pretty good result, considering the way I played on the weekend”.

“After playing so well the first couple of days the game sort of disappeared over the weekend, but that’s the game we play and it’s not always there, so you’ve just got to cop it and move on,” he said. 

Fraser feels golf can win over its Olympic doubters.

“It will take time for it to be accepted, tennis was the same when it got included in the Olympics,” Fraser said.

“I think the first time around it’s going to take a bit of time to convince everybody, but I think it was such a big success that it is going to be a lot more successful in Tokyo 2020.”

However Fraser would prefer a different format to individual strokeplay.

 “I would have liked to have seen either a two-man team or even have a four-person team with the girls,” he said.

“I thought that was the chance to bring the guys and girls together … but they might do something completely different in Tokyo 2020.”

Fraser doubts he will be part of the Olympics again.

“I’d love to, but I think the guys that didn’t play, they will probably see what a big success it was and may want to be part of it,” he said.

“In four years time I’ll be 42 years of age, so I’ll be very surprised if I’ve got a chance to get in that team, but if I have I’ll be the first one to put my hand up.”