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Scotsman
28-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Notable absentees in Scottish Amateur Championship at Gullane
Connor Graham and Cameron Adam among star players sitting out national championship Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Alexander Farmer's bid to become the first player since 1983 to successfully defend the Scottish Amateur title has been boosted by some notable absentees for this week's event at Gullane. Showing that the national championship no longer holds the standing it once had, Connor Graham, Cameron Adam and Jack McDonald are all playing instead in other events. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Blairgowrie teenager Graham, who played in The Open a fortnight ago, is teeing up in the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge at Roxburghe Schloss, where McDonald is also in the field as an amateur. Alexander Farmer shows off the trophy after winning last year's Scottish Amateur Championship at the St Andrews Links Castle Course | Chris Young/Scottish Golf Meanwhile, 2023 winner Adam, who also played at Royal Portrush two weeks ago, is competing in the Western Amateur in the US along with Niall Shiels Donegan, who would have been another leading contender for the Scottish crown. It means that the likes of Farmer, 2022 winner Oliver Mukherjee and two-time beaten finalist Gregor Tait are some of the top names heading into battle on the East Lothian coast. Not since Charlie Green achieved the feat 42 years ago has a player successfully defended this title but, on the back of his victory at the Castle Course in St Andrews 12 months ago, Farmer is ready to give it a go. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I've never played Gullane, so I'll get two practice rounds in and get to know the courses and, hopefully, make it through to the match play,' said the 20-year-old Kilmacolm player. 'In match play anything can happen. You can play really well one day and the other guy plays better, or you can play badly and win. Match play is weird that way.' Fraser Walters among the locals to look out for A field of 256 players will tackle Gullane No 1 and No 2 over the opening two days on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the top 64 progressing to the knock-out stage.
Scotsman
27-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scots shine as Dean Robertson leads GB&I to St Andrews Trophy triumph
Cameron Adam is star man in Spain as Connor Graham also endorses Walker Cup claim Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Cameron Adam and Connor Graham look certain to be heading to California for the Walker Cup after the Scottish duo helped Great Britain & Ireland secure an impressive win in the St Andrews Trophy. Dean Robertson's side beat Continent of Europe 16.5-8.5 at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Spain, meaning Great Britain & Ireland now hold the Curtis Cup, the Vagliano Trophy and the St Andrews Trophy after a hat-trick of successes inside the last year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad GB&I captain Dean Robertson and his players show off the trophy after winning the St Andrews Trophy in Spain | The R&A Royal Burgess left-hander Adam was the star man for Robertson, winning all four of his matches, while Blairgowrie teenager Graham picked up three points. The impressive contributions came after both players had made their major debuts in The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. It now seems almost certain that Adam and Graham will be selected for the Walker Cup, which takes place at Cypress Point in early September. 'I'm absolutely thrilled,' said Robertson of GB&I regaining the trophy after a defeat at Royal Porthcawl last year. 'There has been a real togetherness and cohesion. It's been great getting to know the players over the last 18 months. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'The preparations for this week started at the back end of last year, watching them play and learning about their games. 'For them to come here, prepare as well as we did and then to execute by winning all four sessions certainly surpassed my expectations. It was a brilliant, brilliant performance and I'm so proud of them all. Royal Burgess man Cameron Adam won all four of his matches at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Spain | The R&A 'Everyone contributed to the points total. GB&I winning three team trophies in the last year (at men's and women's level) is very impressive and I'm absolutely thrilled.' Luke Poulter, Ian's son, sealed the win in style as he holed a bunker shot for an eagle on the 18th to beat Gunnlaugur Arni Sveinsson from Iceland. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Luke's finish was incredible,' added Robertson. 'There was great drama on the final green and his holed bunker shot was a fitting way to sign off the team victory. Cameron (Adam) was an outstanding leader within the team and there is some phenomenal talent overall. 'We're going to enjoy this, celebrate it, reflect on it and then take a wee trip to face the USA in the Walker Cup. We're the underdogs and we'll give it our best shot.'
Scotsman
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Late finish on day one in The Open leaves Scot feeling 'deflated'
Daniel Young and Cameron Adam both finish rounds in near darkness at Royal Portrush Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Daniel Young was left feeling 'deflated' after dropping four shots late on as he played his final few holes in near darkness along with fellow Scot Cameron Adam in the first round of The 153rd Open. As play finished at 10.13pm at Royal Portrush after the later groups took six hours to get round, Young had to settle for a four-over-par 75 in the penultimate three-ball. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Playing in the group ahead, Adam carded a 73, matching fellow amateur Connor Graham's effort earlier in the day on the County Antrim coast, but he, too, felt his score had been hampered by play finishing so late. Daniel Young tees off on the first hole during day one of The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush |'Yeah, very frustrating,' said HotelPlanner Tour professional Young, who was two over after four holes on his major debut before picking up four birdies in seven holes only to then finish bogey-par-double bogey-bogey as the light faded. 'I battled very well to get back and I was pushing to get into the red coming in there. Caught a bunker at 15, so that's a bogey pretty much straight away, which was disappointing. Then I hit a great tee shot into 16, made par. 'Then the hardest part at 17 is getting a tee shot away. Hell of a tee shot and then just hit a terrible, terrible wedge shot, just probably a lapse in concentration more than anything. Just being here for so long, not that that's an excuse. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'But it was pretty dark there coming in, certainly on 18, where none of us saw any of the tee shots. Yeah, pretty disappointed, a bit deflated at the minute, to be honest. 'There was no refs talking to anybody I think about pace of play and stuff, which is disappointing. I think it's one of them where they just want your round.' Adam, one of nine amateurs in the field, reckoned the daylight had already started to go when he came close to making a hole-in-one at the 13th - one of three birdies on his card. 'I didn't really realise how long it actually was until we were standing on the 17th tee and I was like, daylight is getting really bad; what's the time?' said the Royal Burgess man. 'We're like quarter past 9pm; it's getting late. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I feel for the guys still out there. We were trying to read putts on the 18th going, this is bad. But it's part of the game, isn't it? You get a late tee time, you've just got to deal with it.' With the top 70 and ties making the cut, Adam sits right on the projected cut-off mark heading into the second round while Young is joint-114th. 'It was okay,' said Adam, winner of The Open Amateur Series, of his opening effort. 'I felt like I played probably better than I shot. Cameron Adam tees off in the third last group on the opening day at Royal Portrush |'The frustrating thing for us was I dropped some shots through calculations today where I actually put pretty good swings on it and just the calculation wasn't right and resulted in a dropped shot. But I've got to take a lot of confidence from how I hit the ball. Making the cut is definitely the plan. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It's been an awesome week. A lot of the guys have been great with me and just been trying to learn as much as I can, but I'm also here to compete. While I'm a little bit frustrated by the score, just got to take the positives from my game and it could be a different story tomorrow.' Young said he'd 'struggled' over the opening few holes before 'playing some really good stuff' as he picked up shots at the fifth, seventh, tenth and 12th.
Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
State of the Nation - The Insider: 'We don't have the strength in depth we'd like in golf but there are positives'
In June, Mail Sport published exclusive stories highlighting concerns over the future of two of the most popular sports in Scotland: tennis and rugby. And with the likes of Judy Murray raising the alarm, such warnings are impossible to ignore. In our new series, State of the Nation, our reporters turn the spotlight on some of the biggest sports in this country for a health check. We're not just looking for what's going wrong — it's important to highlight what's going right, as well. Here, we take a look at golf... When two young Scottish amateurs tee it up in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush this week, it will undoubtedly be the proudest moment of their fledgling careers thus far. All the more so given the manner in which Cameron Adam and Connor Graham had to fight and earn their spots. Both have been part of the college circuit in America, with left-hander Adam, 22, graduating from Northwestern in Chicago and Graham, 18, recently completing his first year at Texas Tech. But the pair retain strong links to their roots in Scotland. For a start, Adam is an ambassador for the Stephen Gallacher Foundation, with Graham fulfilling the same role for the Paul Lawrie Foundation. Adam, a member at Royal Burgess, secured his place at Portrush after winning the prestigious Open Amateur Series, the latest triumph on a stunning run of form over the past couple of years. Graham, meanwhile, came through a gruelling day of final qualifying at Dundonald, eventually prevailing over fellow Scot Paul O'Hara in a play-off in Ayrshire. It's going to be a huge week for the pair but both have already shown they have the talent and composure to take it all in their stride. For everyone connected with Scottish Golf, it will be a massive boost to see Adam and Graham flying the Saltire on the leaderboard at Portrush. There is also a very good crop of players coming through in the women's game, with Lorna McClymont and Hannah Darling helping Team GB&I win the Curtis Cup last year. The key is to ensure the pipeline is healthy enough for plenty more to follow in future, as Scotland looks to keep pace with other similar-sized countries around Europe. 'The standard is so high around other European countries,' said Clare Queen, a former player on the Ladies European Tour and now head of performance and pathway at Scottish Golf. 'The bar is being raised all the time, so it's important we continue to improve what we do so our young players understand the level required. 'In terms of numbers, we probably don't have the strength in depth we would like right now, albeit there are still loads of positive things happening. 'We do still have some really strong individuals coming through, especially over the last three or four years. But we want more kids coming through the pathway and pushing for a place in the national teams. 'We all love to see a Saltire up there on the leaderboard. With Cammy and Connor both going to The Open at Portrush, there's going to be loads of attention on them, but what an unbelievable experience it'll be for them. 'I think it's a Scottish thing where we always love to see our own people doing well. I am sure they will have aspirations of doing what Calum Scott did last year at Troon by winning the Silver Medal. 'We are the home of golf, but we are also still a relatively small country in terms of population. It's so important to have these guys coming through as role models. 'We do have some really talented players coming through at the moment, and we've seen a really good group establish themselves on tour over the past 10 years or so. 'Bob MacIntyre, Connor Syme, Ewen Ferguson, Grant Forrest — they all push each other and raise the bar among themselves. 'But, as an organisation, we always want to push on and try and achieve more. Success for us would be really increasing the volume of players — both male and female — who establish themselves on tour.' One of the key challenges facing Scottish Golf is helping players make that initial transition from amateur to professional and making sure they are ready. It's an issue which will face Adam and Graham in due course given the trajectory of their careers, but they have solid backing from the Gallacher and Lawrie foundations respectively. Queen added: 'Giving young boys and girls the opportunity to develop and progress in the game is something I'm passionate about. 'Over the past year or so, we have been doing a big review just to really try and assess where we're at. The pathway system is something we have been really keen to focus on. 'Ultimately, the aim is to strengthen and improve the pipeline of young players coming through. If we can find a more consistent approach, and a way of delivering more consistent opportunities, that will help.' Although they would like to retain their top talent and develop them at home, Scottish Golf would never discourage any young player from playing on the US college circuit if given the opportunity. On the path taken by Adam and Graham, as well as a few others, Queen added: 'We would never necessarily discourage anyone from playing college golf in the States. It's very much an individual thing — it's great for some players, not so great for others. With Cameron Adam and Connor Graham, they have both really thrived in the time they have been over there. 'They have both done exceptionally well in that environment, but it's not necessarily for everyone. We've seen other players in the past struggle to adapt, so it's about doing what's right for you. 'There's a human side to all of this. When you're 16 or 17, and you've got a chance to move to America, it's not the easiest thing to decide in terms of what's the right or wrong thing to do. It's a big call.'
Scotsman
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
'Amazing' Bob MacIntyre's buddy relationship helps 21y
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Cameron Adam is excited to be teeing up alongside his mentor, Bob MacIntyre, in the 153rd Open and is hoping they won't be the only Scots competing in the season's final major at Royal Portrush. The 21-year-old Royal Burgess player secured his spot in the Claret Jug event by winning The Open Amateur Series, emulating Calum Scott, who went on to claim the Silver Medal for the leading amateur in last year's event at Royal Troon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Adam won the St Andrews Links Trophy, the first of three tournaments in the battle for a coveted spot in the world's oldest major, before then failing to make the match-play phase of The Amateur Championship at Royal St George's. Fellow left-handers Bob MacIntyre and Cameron Adam have been part of a 'buddy' initiative set up by Bounce Sport | Bounce Sport It was mission accomplished, though, after he recorded a top-ten finish in the European Amateur Championship at Vasatorps in Sweden on Saturday to top the points table ahead of Finland's Sakke Siltala and fellow Scot Niall Shiels Donegan. 'I didn't make it easy after my week down at The Amateur, but it was good to get it done out in Sweden,' Adam told The Scotsman. 'All of it was really pleasing, to be honest. The first day was so hard just trying to keep it together to give myself a chance when the weather broke a bit. Yeah, it was a great week on a great course.' Adam, the 2023 Scottish Amateur champion, has secured his major debut after coming to the end of a four-year stint at the University of Northwestern in Illinois and is hoping to play in the Walker Cup in California in September before embarking on a professional career. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad * Scottish Open offer - use the code GOLF50 to get our brilliant Scottish Golf Courses You Must Play newsletter for half price {{cta('186439453527')}} 'It's a bonus, 100 per cent,' he added of his dream opportunity. 'You enter qualifying every year with the aim of trying to get in, but it is definitely a massive bonus at this stage of my career and I am massively excited about it. 'I've never been to Portrush. In fact, my first time playing in Ireland was at Ballyliffin last year for The Amateur Championship. It will be a nice little second trip across to Ireland.' Nairn man Scott, who has just started his professional career, beat 11 players to win the Silver Medal in last year's event, becoming the first Scot to land the honour since Sam Locke at Carnoustie in 2018. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cameron Adam secured his spot in the 153rd Open by winning The R&A's Amateur Series | The R&A 'That's my goal,' admitted Adam. 'As much as it is a cool experience and a great opportunity, I believe I can go there and compete, especially for that Silver Medal. Yeah, it is business first.' MacIntyre was the sole Scot in The Masters, PGA Championship and US Open and, while delighted to be joining him on this occasion, Adam is hoping a few more players will be flying the Saltire on the County Antrim coast in a fortnight's time. 'Look, I'm sure we would love to have a lot more Scottish players in the field,' he said. 'It would be great for Scottish golf if that was the case, but it's exciting for me to be the second Scottish name on that tee sheet beside Bob, especially after he's done so much the last couple of years. At the same time, though, I'll be trying to focus on my own tournament over there first and foremost.' Adam's mentorship from MacIntyre has been through the Stephen Gallacher Foundation and Bounce Sport, which not only manages MacIntyre but also Calum Hill, Grant Forrest and Stephen Gallacher among others. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Bob has been great with me,' declared Stephen Gallacher Foundation ambassdor Adam, an Edinburgh man who now lives in Fife. 'We message back and forth. He's helped me out a little bit the last couple of years. Hopefully we can get a practice round together and I can learn some more from him. He's been amazing to me and it's great what he's been doing with me.' Though Adam no longer needs to take part in Tuesday's Open Final Qualifying at Dundonald Links, he'll be watching the scores to see how a Royal Burgess clubmate and Northwestern team-mate gets on in the 36-hole shoot-out for five spots. 'Archie Finnie is down at Dundonald, so I will be keeping a close eye on him,' he said. Adam will be on Scotland duty the week before The Open when he joins forces with Shiels Donegan, Andrew Davidson, Alexander Farmer, Connor Graham and Gregor Tait at the European Men's Team Championship in Killarney. When he steps on to the first tee at Royal Portrush, though, he'll be flying the flag for Royal Burgess. Cameron Adam's win in the St Andrews Links Trophy helped set up his major debut at Royal Portrush in a fortnight's time | St Andrews Links Trust 'The club has been amazing and I am super proud to represent the club,' he said of the historic Barnton club, where he has played the bulk of his golf coming through the amateur ranks. 'It is a great club and they have done a lot for me, so I am excited to wear the logo at The Open and going forward as well.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad As for who'll be cheering him from outside the ropes in Northern Ireland, he admitted: 'It's been a mad scramble for tickets and accommodation, but it's a welcome scramble. Everyone is excited for it.'
