Raul teams up with Scott Brown as Real Madrid icon joins Celtic and Rangers heroes for Renaissance star show
Real Madrid icon Raul is teaming-up with ex-Old Firm duo Scott Brown and Steven Whittaker at Renaissance.
The footballing trio from Scotland and Spain are together for Wednesday's Pro-Am rounds at the Genesis Scottish Open. Brown and ex- Rangers and Hibs hero Whittaker are keen golfers and the Ayr United duo will go out with the Madrid legend just after 10am as pros, sports stars, celebs and business figures mingle.
The Ayr United management duo will be guided by 2020 Scottish Open champion Aaron Rai for the opening nine holes and will then be joined by Eugenio Chacarra for the second nine.
Chacarra's caddie is, of course, the Raul's son. Hugo Gonzalez has been on his countryman's bag and the pair will take part in a PGA Tour co-sanctioned event this week after a three-year stint on LIV Golf.
The pair have enjoyed great success since linking and, speaking to bunkered, the bagman said: 'I met Eugenio seven years ago,. He's friends with my older brother. I was finishing my studies at my university at IE Business Institute in Madrid.
"I was studying business. I was doing my last year and Eugenio called me. But I'm finishing online now instead It's been crazy.'
'In the first weeks, he didn't expect anything from me. Just having fun on the bag, talking to him, making him calm down. Every week, I get to learn something new.
'The Spanish caddies help me a lot. We have a good relationship. They teach me stuff about the wind, greens and everything.'
Chacarra and Gonzalez enjoyed a phenomenal moment earlier this year when the golf star won the Hero Indian Open back in March.
The caddie said: 'It was very special for him. He didn't have any tour to play on [before that]. Also for me, my first win as a caddie, it was very nice.'
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