FIFE TEAM NAMED FOR SCOTTISH AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AT CRAIL

 The Fife GA team for the Scottish area team championship at Crail Golfing Society  on May 18-19 is

James White (Lundin)
Brian Soutar (Leven GS)
Scott Crichton (Aberdour)
Scott Stewart-Cation  (The Duke's)
Ewan Scott (St Andrews)
Ally Hain (St Andrews)


Bill Dickson 
Team Captain
Fife Golf Association  

 BRIAN SOUTAR, BACK FROM NORWAY,
 SEEKING TO REGAIN SCOTLAND PLACE

MARTIN DEMPSTER comment in "The Scotsman" newspaper
Brian Soutar, the 2012 South African open amateur champion who refused a place in the Scottish squad this season after returning to work as a welding inspector, is to return to the national golf stage later this month.,
The Leven Golfing Society player, who has worked in Norway since last October, is in the Fife line-up for the Scottish area team championship at Crail after ladning a job nearer home.
"I've got a job as a project manager for my old NDT company back home on my doorssetep," he told "The Scotsman."
"So I will be trying to get back into my golf again. I'll be playing in the Aea Team event, the St Andrews Links Trophy and a few more towards the end of thes eason."
Soutar was a full-time amateur golfer for two years, winning the 2011 Scottish champion of champions event over his home course before helping Fife record a first victory in the Scottish area team championship at Prestwick the same year.
Soutar then succeeded compatriot Michael Stewart as the South African open amateur champion last season but refused to take up the spot he had earned in the South African Open after spending a "small fortune" subsidising his amateur golf career.
Soutar, a member of last year's winning Scotland team in the Home Interationals in Ayrshire, added:
"I've got no plans to turn professional but will be trying to get back into the Scotland team.
"I probably won't play enough competitions this year to make the Home Internationals (at Ganton in August) but, you never know!"