WALLACE BOOTH STAYS IN USA TO PRACTISE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON  Colin@scottishgolfview.com Wallace Booth's top-10 finish on the NGA Tour in South Carolina at the weekend will be his last competitive round until he starts his European Challenge Tour campaign in Madrid from April 24 to 27. By E-mail from the States, the Comrie man said:

"I've played in two events out here in America and now I am going to spend four more weeks in Augusta practising and getting ready for the main chunk of the Challenge Tour season. 
"The next event for me will be in Madrid near the end of next month."
Booth's early season or two as a professional were blighted by a shoulder injury but he says now:
"I am as fully fit as I will ever by now, which is nice."Booth spent four years at Augusta State University on a business management degree course and knows the Augusta area of Georgia and its golf facilities well.
The success of Scott Jamieson - one of his arch-rivals in Scottish boys' golf a decade and more ago - on the European Tour will be the motivating factor for Booth as he tries to graduate to the Big League through the Challenge Tour.