Saturday, January 16, 2010

Adam Hunter in hospital for

leukaemia treatment

FROM THE SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS
By JOCK MacVICAR
Adam Hunter, one of Scotland's top golf coaches, has leukaemia.
The 47-year-old former Portuguese Open champion and the man who helped Paul Lawrie win the 1999 Open at Carnoustie, began a course of chemotherapy in Glasgow yesterday.
Hunter, picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency, began to feel unwell with earache towards the end of last year but it was only recently that he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
"I'm going into hospital for nine or 10 days for chemotherapy," he said last night.
"I'm receiving fantastic support in so very many ways from Paul Lawrie and his wife Marion. They're terrific, and a massive support, as are Paul's sponsors, Aberdeen Asset, and the Scottish Golf Union."
A Scotland boys and youths international as an amateur, Hunter turned profesional in 1984 after a two and a half year golf schoalrship at Virginia College in the United States.
He won the Northern Open three years later and played on the European Tour for a number of years. His greatest moment on Tour came in 1995 when he got up and down from a bunker to beat Darren Clarke in a play-off for the Portuguese Open at Penha Longa.
After quitting the Tour he moved into coaching and was a huge influence in Lawrie's famous play-off victory in the 1999 Open at Carnoustie. Hunter still works with Lawrie on his short game.
Adam has also worked with Women's British Open champion Catriona Matthew and is currently involved in national coaching with the Scottish Golf Union.
Every golfer in Scotland and beyond will wish him well.

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