ADAM SCOTT HAS SCOTTISH BLOOD IN HIS VEINS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com New Masters champion Adam Scott's success at Augusta National brought golden memories flooding back for Aberdeen hotelier Stewart Spence. Mr Spence, pictured right, was chairman of the Doug Sanders world boys championship which was always played at an Aberdeen venue from the late 1980s until lack of funding from Aberdeen Town Council brought about its demise just a few years after Adam Scott won the Under-18s title at Newmachar in 1997. The Australian demonstrated his terrific potential as a teenager by winning the Doug Sanders world boys championship by eight shots with rounds of 71, 70, 70 and 70 for seven-under-par 281 over the Dave Thomas-designed Swailend course. Runner-up on 289 was Italy's Massimiliano Secci with Scott's Aussie team-mate Aaron Baddeley third on 291 (74-73-72-72). Scott and Baddeley won the tournament's team title for Australia by the runaway margin of 25 strokes ahead of runners-up Europe (Secci and Tim Nijeenhuis). Both players now live in America and play on the US PGA Tour. one but Adam is descended from Scottish stock who emigrated to Australia in the last Century. "I met Adam Scott and his dad at the Masters a few years ago,"recalls Stewart Spence. "His father remembered well the trip to Aberdeen as the Scott family originated from Scotland, only a couple of generations earlier. "It is great to see the 'Sanders Boys' continuing to do well over the years. Doug will be very proud!"