EWAN SCOTT WINS SCOTTISH HYDRO BOYS' ORDER OF MERIT
EWAN SCOTT .... impressive total of points
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Ewan Scott, the talented teenager from St Andrews, has stormed to success in the 2012 Scottish Hydro Boys’ Order of Merit.
The
17-year-old topped the standings with an impressive total of 775 points
amassed over the course of a fine season, over 130 points clear of his
nearest rival, fellow Scotland National Boys’ Squad team-mate Jamie
Savage (Cawder).
Scott
enjoyed a superb start to the year, reaching the final of the Paul
Lawrie Foundation Scottish Boys Championship at Murcar Links where he
lost to Craig Howie (Peebles), before landing the Golf Data Lab Scottish
Youth Championship with an outstanding display at Ladybank.
The
former English Under-14s champion, a pupil at Madras College, then won
the Faldo Junior Series Scottish Qualifier to secure his spot in this
week’s Faldo Grand Final at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland,
while he also represented Scotland in the European Boys Team
Championship and Boys Home Internationals.
“To
win the Scottish Youths and reach the final of the Boys’ match play got
the season off to a really good start,” Ewan said. “I stayed pretty
consistent, with a lot of high finishes so that racks up the points.
“The
rankings table takes care of itself if you can play good golf. As the
year went on, it became my goal to stay on top so to win it in the end
has fulfilled a goal.
“I’ll
hopefully play a few more Men’s events next year, but obviously play
the Boys’ circuit as well. Defending my Scottish Hydro Boys Order of
Merit title is a pretty good goal for 2013 – two out of two would be
nice.”
Runner-up
Savage also posted a series of fine displays throughout the season,
reaching the quarter-final stage of the Boys Amateur Championship,
winning the Scottish Hydro Junior Tour event at The Roxburghe and
finishing sixth at the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Scottish Boys Stroke
Play.
Howie
ran him close, finishing just nine points behind in third place, thanks
to his superb victory in the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Boys
Championship alongside 2nd and 3rd places in the Scottish Hydro Junior Tour Series events as Gullane and Rowallan Castle.
Alva’s
Lawrence Allan ended the season at fourth spot in the rankings, with
last year’s SGU Boys Order of Merit champion, Greig Marchbank (Dumfries
& County), in fifth.
Scottish
Hydro, already a major supporter of golf in Scotland, became official
sponsors of the SGU Boys’ Order of Merit and Junior Tour series on a
three-year deal launched at the start of the season.
The
Boys’ Order of Merit ranks the country’s best performing youngsters
across a number of major events throughout the season, including three
54-hole Scottish Hydro Junior Tour events in 2012.
Jonny
Petrie, Sponsorship Manager for Scottish Hydro, said: “We’ve been
delighted with our first year of sponsorship with the Scottish Golf
Union and would like to congratulate Ewan on his fantastic achievement
“He
has had a great season and is a perfect example of the talented young
Scots coming through the Scottish Golf Academy programme. You only have
to look at his qualification for this week’s Faldo Series Europe Grand
Final, a prestigious international event, to realise his talent.
“Our
sponsorship of the SGU’s emerging talent is a great fit with Team
Scottish Hydro and the Scottish Hydro Challenge and it would be great to
see some of the players competing in the junior events breaking through
to those levels over the next few years.”
To view the final standings from the 2012 Scottish Hydro Boys Order of Merit, click below:
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