There were plenty of records to be broken, when the golfers took to the greens at Royal Troon for the 2009 Allied Surveyors Amateur Championship which concluded at the weekend.
A week-long event, 256 golfers lined-up hoping to catch the attention of the world’s media, in an event which can go some way to forging a future career as a professional golfer.
The tournament is the flagship event for amateur golf in Scotland and is also a key date in the Scottish golfing calendar, drawing considerable media attention from all over the world.
For two youngsters who took to the fairways at Troon, the tournament was an opportunity to smash some records.
Paul O’Hara, member of the European Cup winning team, was hoping to add his name to the trophy which is brother won in 2000, becoming the first siblings to win the trophy in the process.
Another contender David Low arrived off the back of winning the Boys Amateur Championship in April. No golfer has ever done the double, but at the tender age of 18, did he have enough to mix-it with the older players?
It went down to the wire, but Aberdonian David Low pipped it on the final day with some exquisite putting. With Paul O’Hara pushing him hard until the very end, the tournament will be remembered for a long time to come.
