PAUL LAWRIE MADE HONORARY MEMBER AT KEMNAY - HIS FIRST GOLF CLUB

FROM TODAY'S ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL

By PAUL THIRD
Paul Lawrie was back where it all began yesterday as he was given honorary membership of Kemnay Golf Club.
The 1999 Open champion lived at Kemnay as a boy and attended the local primary school at Alehousewells before moving on to Kemnay Academy.
Lawrie said: "This was my first golf club, so to be given an honorary membership is a huge honour.
"I was a junior member here. We lived outside the village and I used to bike here after school with the clubs in the bag on my back, just like every other junior
It was a nine-hole course back then but it's changed drastically since those days. Today it is a fabulous facility and I've played in a few pro-am teams here in recent years." 
In addition to receiving honorary membership, Ryder Cup player Lawrie also officially opened Kemnay Golf Club's new 18th hole.
Lawrie, who flies out to Phoenix, Arizona today for the Accenture match-play championship, which begins on Wednesday, said:

"The course is really nice. The new 18th hole is much better too, as it used to be close to the road. They have done a great job here. I  don't have a lot of time to play a lot of golf when I come home.
"I spend a lot of time hitting balls and I have my work with the Foundation but if I have some free time, I'll pop out to Kemnay for sure."       
During his visit to Kemnay Golf Club, Lawrie also hit the first official shot in club professional David Brown's new indoor teaching studio.