Paul Lawrie Foundation leading trophy-winners in 2009

Paul Lawrie Foundation's leading trophy winners in 2009 with their prizes at last night's junior conveners' evening at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels Hotel. Left to right: Alex Wiseman (Order of Merit winner), Ryan Bain (boys' match-play champion again) and Louise McGillivray (girls' match-play champion, with, of course the man himself, writes Colin Farquharson.
I forgot to take my camera but I am sure that Paul will not mind me having "lifted" the above picture from his website!
Sad news that Murray Carnie is having to stand down as the Paul Lawrie Foundation Manager due to pressure of work - he is a P.E. teacher.
Murray has put in a power of work over the past three or four years and his successor, Iain, Powell, has a hard act to follow.
We'll be telling you more about Iain when the Media Release comes out. This is, in fact, a bit of a scoop for Scottishgolfview.com!

Next to playing in Ryder Cup, Paul would love to be one of Monty's lieutentants

Paul Lawrie conducted a Question-and-Answer session with the junior conveners and other guests. The 1999 Open champion has become quite polished in this routine - and that's a fact.
He expressed the opinion that Colin Montgomerie will be a "phenomenal" Ryder Cup team captain, having played in three Seve Trophy matches under Colin's captaincy, so Paul knows what he's talking about.
And Lawrie thinks that the European line-up is also shaping up to be a very powerful force.
Paul, who played in the 1999 Ryder Cup match at Brookline, Massachusetts after winning the Open at Carnoustie, would love to earn a place in Monty's team for the Celtic Manor Summit Meeting but, failing that, he would like to be one of Colin's lieutenants. Fingers crossed for you, Paul.
Paul responded to one question from the floor about just how good a player Tiger Woods is.
"I've played with him three or four times in tournaments, so I have seen him in action at close quarters .... even at 60 per cent of his powers, Tiger is good enough to beat anyone in any tournament .... he can play some shots that are not within my range, such as a three-iron out of a bunker, which carried a tall tree between him and the green, magnificent shot!"

Lawrie and Monty were partners four times in 1999 Ryder Cup match

+Paul Lawrie and Colin Montgomerie were paired together four times by skipper Mark James in the 1999 Ryder Cup match which the Americans won by a single point: 14 1/2-13 1/2.
Lawrie and Montgomrie beat David Duval and Phil Mickelson 3 and 2 in the lead-off foursomes on the first morning. In the afternoon, they again were first off the tee and got a halved match with Davis Love and Justin Leonard in the four-balls.
On the second day, Colin and Paul lost to Hal Sutton and Jeff Maggert by one hole in the morning foursomes but beat Steve Pate and Tiger Woods, no less, by 2 and 1 in the afternoon four-balls.
In the final set of singles on the Sunday, Lawrie completed what was a great Ryder Cup personally by performing the anchor role and beating Jeff Maggert 4 and 3.