ROOKIE PRO CALLUM TRAHAN NOW ATTACHED TO GLENEAGLES HOTEL

                          CALLUM TRAHAN ... Won Hank Hainey Invitatonal as an amateur

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Callum Trahan, a +3 playing member at Meldrum House Golf Club, Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire before turning professional in January, is now attached to Gleneagles Hotel.

Callum, 22 years of age, was born in Aberdeen in 1990. The family home is at Torphins in Aberdeenshire.

His most notable win as an amateur was the Hank Haney Invitational in South Carolina in 2009
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Coached by Denis Pugh, Callum has had three top 10 finishes on the Spanish Gecko Tour. He was 7^th in First Stage Q School for the Euro Pro Tour and 33^rd at Final Stage. Trahan has earned playing rights on the EuroPro Tour and his first tournament will be the Motocaddy Masters at Wensum Valley Hotel golf course, Norfolk from April 30 to May 2.
^{Entry fee for EuroPro Tour events is £250 a time but the first prize at each competition is a bumper £10,000 with second place won £5,000 and third spot £3,000.}

LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR EITHER OR BOTH EDINBURGH EVENTS

ARNOLD CLARK PUT UP £20,000 CAR FOR FIRST PLAYER TO ACE 17^TH HOLE AT DALMAHOY ON THURSDAY

A new car worth £20,000 will be up for grabs at three of the short holes  on the new Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour which makes its debut at Marriott Dalmahoy, Edinburgh on Thursday.

The first competitor, either a female professional or one of the single-figure amateurs in the field, to achieve a hole in one at Dalmahoy's par-3 17th hole (139yd) will win a Kia Sportage 1 1.6 GDi in Arctic White, offered by Arnold Clark Ltd.
 Arnold Clark Edinburgh is putting up the Kia prize at Dalmahoy.

The Kia Sportage boasts a range of integral safety features, sleek aerodynamic body and perhaps most importantly an industry leading 7 year warranty. The Sportage comes with 2wd as standard, intelligent Stop & go system and 6 speed manual transmission. The 1 1.6GDi comes with 16” Alloy wheels, tinted glass, cruise control, rain sensing front wipers and LED Daytime running lights.

If it is not won at the Edinburgh venue, the PLGC SLOT competitors will have a second chance in the fourth event on the 14-event schedule, at Deeside Golf Club, Aberdeen on Tuesday, May 7.
The first hole, measuring 154yd from the Yellow Tees for the Saltire Energy Classic 2 event at the  Bieldside course, will be the focus of attention with Arnold Clark Ltd repeating its offer to reward the first hole in one with the bumper prize on wheels.
If the Kia Sportage has still not been won after the Deeside tournament, then it will be on offer for a third and last time at The Duke's Course, St Andrews, the venue for the 10th event on the Paul Lawrie Tour which is aimed at helping lady pros improve their games so that they can qualify to play on the Ladies European Tour.
The hole-in-one prize hole at The Duke's has not been selected yet but co-organiser Nicola Melville, a PGA teaching pro at St Andrews, favours the 16th (163yd) over the third (146yd).
Three Aberdeen hoteliers, Bill Hogg, Gordon Nicoll and Gordon Sinclair, are also offering a bumper hole in one prize - £10,000 in cash to the player who is the first to ace the 16th (157yd) at Trump International in the Paul Lawrie Tour event (the Saltire Energy Classic 1) there on Monday, May 6. 
If nobody holes her tee shot at this hole, the sponsors will give a £100 consolation prize to the player whose ball finishes closes to the pin.
Messrs Hogg, Nicoll and Sinclair had originally been prepared to offer a second £10,000 prize, for a hole in one at Deeside's first hole the following day but very sportingly stood aside when Arnold Clark Ltd made known their wish to offer a £20,000 Kia for an ace at the same hole.

"We have other sponsors who do not wish to be named at the moment and we are working on boosting all the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Scottish Ladies Open Tour prize funds," said veteran golf writer Colin Farquharson who has been seeking for years to establish this type of stepping-stone tour for lady professionals and aspiring female amateurs.
"There is room for any company or individual who wishes to help this fledgling tour get off the ground to come on board."

2013 PAUL LAWRIE GOLF CENTRE SCOTTISH LADIES OPEN TOUR
All events 18-hole one day except for Tour Championship.

April 18 - Marriott Dalmahoy.
April 19 - Ratho Park.
May 6 - Saltire Energy Class 1 (Trump International).
May 7 - Saltire Energy Class 2 (Deeside)
May 6 and 7 - Saltire Energy Championship (36-hole totals).
July 2 - Downfield, Dundee.
July 3 - Carnoustie Burnside.
July 10 - Blairgowrie Rosemount.
July 11 - Alyth, Perthshire.
August 26 - Fairmont St Andrews (Torrance course)
August 27 - The Duke's, St Andrews.
September 23 - Haggs Castle, Glasgow
September 24 - Drumpellier, Glasgow.
October 7 - Craigielaw, East Lothian.
October 9-10 - Tour Championship (Marriott Dalmahoy, 36 holes).

TEE TIMES FOR DALMAHOY ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18

 (a) denotes amateur.
13:57    Heather MacRae    Heather Stirling   
14:06    Laura Murray     Ailsa Bain    Hannah Scott (a)
14:15    Gemma Webster    Laura Harvey    Alyson McKechin (a)
14:24    Kimberley Crooks    Tatiana Kernen    Jessica Meek (a)
14:33    Pamela Feggans    Chrisje De Vries    Jane Turner (a)
14:42    Daisy Dyer    Martine Pow    Rachel Walker (a)
14:51    Michele Thomson    Krystal Falkner    Nichola Ferguson (a)
15:00    Lisa Shervill    Eleanor Givens    Tara MacTaggart (a)
15:09    Fabienne in-albon    Vikki Laing    Jess Wilcox (a)

TEE TIMES FOR RATHO PARK GC ON FRIDAY, APRIL 19
14:00    Julie Otto    Jane Turner (a)    Karyn Burns
14:10    Fabienne in-albon    Laura Murray    Hannah Scott (a)
14:20    Heather Stirling    Gemma Webster    Alyson McKechin (a)
14:30    Tatiana Kernen    Kimberly Crooks    Jessica Meek (a)
14:40    Chrisje De Vries    Pamela Feggans    Nichola Ferguson (a)
14:50    Martine Pow    Daisy Dyer    Rachel Walker (a)
15:00    Krystal Falkner    Michele Thomson    Kate McIntosh (a)
15:10    Eleanor Givens    Lisa Shervill    Jess Wilcox (a)
15:20    Vikki Laing    Heather MacRae    Tara MacTaggart (a)

PLAYER NOTES

Heather Stirling, Laura Murray, Martine Pow and Michele Thomson are former Scottish women's amateur champions.

Heather Stirling, Michele Thomson, Vikki Laing and Julie Otto are past Curtis Cup players.

Julie Otto is a former British women's open amateur champion and past English women's amateur champion.

Heather MacRae is a former British women's open amateur stroke-play champion.

Vikki Laing was a record-setting, repeating Scottish girls champion and a winner on the US Futures Tour.

Martine Pow is a former British women's open mid-amateur champion. She will be making her debut as a professional.

JOE HARPER OPENS CRAIBSTONE GOLF CLUB ACADEMY STUDIO

Craibstone Golf Club, Bucksburn's purpose built Golf Academy Studio officially opened its doors at the weekend.

Dons' legend of yesteryear Joe Harper officially opened the new studio which is part of the continuing investment by Marshall Leisure into Craibstone Golf Club.

The studio is fully equipped to handle the modern day golfer's needs.

Joe, a keen golfer, is pictured with Stephen Murray, Head Professional at Craibstone, explaining which is the football and which is the golf ball?

Craibstone Academy is open to the public.

For futher information call 01224 716777 / 548817 or email info@craibstonegolfacademy.com

Billy Sim

General Manager

Craibstone Golf Club  

BLANTYRE BOY JAMES STEVEN IS BOUND FOR UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS

Press Release

Teenage golfing sensation James Steven, pictured left, is hoping to follow in the footsteps of superstars Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy after being awarded a golf scholarship to study in the USA.

The 19 year old, from Blantyre, will compete in the ultra-competitive American College golf circuit while studying for a business degree at the University of Central Arkansas. 
He was awarded the prestigious scholarship from Firstpoint USA after he impressed them with his dedication and talent, showcasing a handicap of +3.

James’ scholarship will cover a 85 per cent of the course fees, and the youngster has already made such an impact in his hometown that local business Darcey Quigley and Co has pledged to support him and pay the remaining 15 per cent of his fees to attend college.

Lynne Darcey Quigley, MD of commercial debt-recovery agency Darcey Quigley and Co, said: “We have followed James’ career for years and are all very proud of him.

“James first came to our attention about four years ago when he was at school. He came to Darcey Quigley and Co for a week’s work experience and cheekily asked if he could take a day off to compete in a golf tournament! We had a laugh at his brass neck but we allowed him to go because we were impressed by his commitment to golf, and have followed and supported him ever since.

“First USA offers a fantastic opportunity for student athletes from all over the world to compete at the very highest level of their sport while getting a college education. We are all very proud of James here at Darcey Quigley and wish him every success in his new venture. We will be keeping up to date with his progress in America.”

James, who plays at Bothwell Castle, has been playing golf from a young age and has already been successful in a number of junior championships across Scotland, including Lanarkshire Boys Matchplay, Lanarkshire Youths Strokeplay and he is the youngest winner of the Lanarkshire Gents Strokeplay.   

The John Ogilvie High School pupil said: “This has been my dream since I was a little boy and I can’t believe it is finally happening.

“Major golfers like Tiger Woods and Luke Donald have competed in the American College League before breaking into the professional league. College sport is a big deal in America and attracts millions of viewers and sponsorship deals every year, it is great that I can get an education while perfecting a sport I love.

“I would like to say thank you to Darcey Quigley and Co and Firstpoint USA for helping my dream become a reality. I am fortunate that I don’t need to pay for any of my tuition and I can concentrate on my degree and developing my golf.”

The teenager also revealed that not only did Darcey Quigley & Co pay for the remainder of his scholarship fees, but Lynne also helped him gather and complete all the paperwork required for his university and USA visa applications.

He added: “Anyone would think they’re actively trying to get rid of me!”

Firstpoint USA, the world’s number one in American Sports Scholarships, receives more than 15,000 applications every year and awards more than 300 scholarships to athletes from all around the world.

Andrew Kean, chief executive of Firstpoint USA, said: “College sport is extremely competitive in America and most athletes in the USA will have made their name in the College League before entering the sport at a professional level.

“The system in America allows youngsters to get an education and compete against top players in their sport. James is very talented and I have no doubts that he will succeed in America, I wish him all the best and look forward to hearing how he gets on.”

Edward Morrison, head teacher at John Ogilvy High School, said: “I am delighted for James, of whom I am very proud in relation to his sporting achievements in golf. Everyone at John Ogilvy wishes him the very best for the future.”

Issued by Beattie Communications www.beattiegroup.com on behalf of Darcey Quigley

ENGLAND PROMOTE HARRY CASEY TO FULL TEAM STATUS AGAINST SPAIN

NEWS RELEASE FROM ENGLAND GOLF
Harry Casey, the 2011 English boy champion, is the only new cap in the nine-strong England team to face Spain at El Prat on April 27-28.
Casey (Enfield, Middlesex) steps up from boy international status.
The rest of the squad is: 
Jack Hiluta (Chelmsford, Essex), Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire), Garrick Porteous (Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland), Neil Raymond (Corhampton, Hampshire), Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park, Herts), Jordan Smith (Bowood GandCC, Wiltshire), Toby Tree (Worthing, Sussex) and Josh White (Chipstead, Surrey).
Casey, 20, won the Carris Trophy at Broadstone and followed that by winning The Duke of York Young Champions tournament at Hoylake that same year, which saw him finish third on the Titleist/FootJoy EGU Boys Order of Merit.
Last year, when he was a member of the England ‘A’ squad, Casey finished third in the Tillman Trophy and he also secured a third spot in the 2013 Portuguese Amateur Championship.
Hiluta, 23, made his England debut against France last year after winning the Spanish Amateur. The Essex player also pulled on an England shirt for the European Challenge Trophy and the Home Internationals and finished ninth on the 2012 Titleist/FootJoy England Golf Men’s Order of Merit.
Kimsey, 20, has enjoyed an exceptional start to 2013. He secured three runners-up spots in Australia during January and February, was a member of England’s victorious team in the European Nations Championship in Spain and recently won the Terra Cotta Invitational against an international field in Florida.
A former boy international, he has also represented GB and I against Europe in the St Andrews Trophy and the Jacques Leglise Trophy. He won the McEvoy Trophy in 2011, and last year collected the Darwin Salver, finished third in the South East of England Links Championship, reached the semi-finals of the English Amateur and became a full England cap in the Home Internationals.
Porteous, 23, made his full England debut in the 2011 Home Internationals and has played in almost every national team since. He finished third in the individual listings in the European Men’s Challenge Trophy in Iceland last year, was a member of England’s Eisenhower Trophy team in Turkey and represented GB and I in the St Andrews Trophy.
This year in Australia, he finished third in the New South Wales Medal and sixth in the Masters of the Amateurs, while he was also a member of England’s winning team in the European Nations Championship in Spain.
Raymond, 27, has been an England regular since making his debut against Spain in 2011. Winner of the Brabazon Trophy for the past two years, he was a quarter finalist in last year’s English Amateur and was a team-mate of Porteous in the Eisenhower Trophy and the St Andrews Trophy.
He has represented England in Australia for the past two winters, winning the New South Wales Medal last year and reaching the quarter finals of the Australian Amateur Championship in 2013. His successes in 2012 saw him top the Titleist/FootJoy England Golf Men’s Order of Merit.
Shinkwin, 19, made his full England debut against France last spring when he won all four of his games. A former boy cap, he was a semi-finalist in the 2011 English Amateur, while last year he won the Hampshire Hog, finished third in the Berkhamsted Trophy and fifth in the Darwin Salver.
He was also a member of England’s winning squad in the European Men’s Challenge Trophy in Iceland last year and this year visited Colombia where he won the South American Amateur Championship.
Smith, 20, earned his first full England cap in last year’s Home Internationals, having been a semi-finalist in the English Amateur a few weeks earlier. A member of the victorious Wiltshire team in the past two English County Championship finals, he finished runner-up in the Chiberta Grand Prix and fifth in the Biarritz Cup in successive weeks last summer.
This year, he has finished seventh behind Shinkwin in the South American Amateur, seventh in the Portuguese Amateur and reached the quarter finals of the Spanish Amateur.
Tree, 18, was an under 16 and boys international before making his full England debut last year against France.
The English under 14 champion in 2008, he won the under 16 title two years later and has since lifted the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and the Gauteng North Open in South Africa in 2012 and again this year.
The Sussex teenager also finished fifth in last year’s English under 18 Championship for the Carris Trophy, reached the quarter finals of the British Boys and represented GB and I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy. He was also in England’s winning European Nations Championship team this year.
White, 21, also made his full England debut against France last year having been a boy international. His successes include the Berkshire Trophy for the past two years, a share of the title in last year’s West of England stroke play and the Scrutton Jug for the best aggregate score from the Berkshire and Brabazon Trophies.
Twice Surrey champion, he finished fourth on the Titleist/FootJoy England Golf Men’s Order of Merit for 2012 and this year claimed the runners-up spot in the New Year Invitational at St Petersburg in Florida.
The biennial match with Spain was inaugurated in 1985 and England has lost only once, at Puerta de Hierro in 2005. Two years ago at The Berkshire, England were facing their first home defeat when they finished the first day three points behind. But they hit back on day two to complete a 13½ - 10½ victory.Play on each day comprises four foursomes and eight singles.

McLEAN NOSEDIVES OUT OF MOROCCO CONTENTION WITH 43 FOR INWARD HALF

Just when it looked as if Peterhead's Philip McLean was set to end his miserable run of tournament scores on the German PGA Developmental Tour, he nosedived into mediocrity again in the first round of the Dar Es Salam Open at Rabat, Morocco.McLean, pictured, playing out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, reached the turn in one-under-par 35 with birdies at the first, long fifth and short ninth.But it all unravelled for the Buchan player with an inward half of 43 with double bogeys 6 and 7 at the 13th and long 18th as well as bogeys at the 16th and short 17th .... all of which added up to six shots squandered over the last six holes.McLean's disappointing round of 78 over the par-73 course left him in joint 62nd place and once again fighting to beat the cut when play resumes on Tuesday.Stablemate David Law, the defending champion in this event over the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course, finished the first day in joint 11th place with a par 73. He had birdies at the seventh, long eighth and short 17th to cancel out bogeys at the first, third and short 14th. Law is three shots behind the leader, Dutchman Daan Huizing. DAR ES SALAM OPEN Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, MoroccoLEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES Par 7370 D Huizing (Net).71 K Benz (Swi), M Veijalainen (Fin), J Grillon (Fra), D Wright (Eng). SELECTED SCORES73 D Law (Sco) (T11).78 P McLean (Sco) (T62) ends

CHINESE 14-YEAR-OLD FINISHED 12 OVER PAR, WON SILVER CUP AT MASTERS

FROM THE BBC SPORT.COM WEBSITE

Chinese teenager Guan Tianlang said he had a great week after a record-breaking four days at Augusta.

Guan, at 14 the youngest player in Masters history, carded a three-over 75 to finish 12 over on his debut.
The schoolboy had a memorable tournament after becoming the youngest golfer to make the cut at a major despite being penalised for slow play.
Guan said: "It was a great week. I learned a lot. I enjoyed it and had fun. Still a lot of things to improve."
He joins the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia in winning the Silver Cup, awarded to the best-placed amateur in the field. He was the only amateur to make the cut.

Three-time champion Gary Player said:

"I thought Tianlang Guan would score 81, 82 but I wouldn't have been surprised by a 90 because this course is such a monster. The greatest thing I have seen in golf was Tiger Woods winning a Grand Slam at 24, but Guan's performance is the second best I have seen. And he did it hitting woods! It is just incredible, if I had been in his position when I was 14 I would have been in tears."

Guan captured the hearts of many for his poise and maturity on what was his first appearance at a major and received a rousing reception on Sunday from patrons on the 18th.

On the last day, Guan bogeyed the first, fifth and sixth and 11th before finally picking up shots with birdies at the par-five 13th and the 16th. He then bogeyed the 17th before ending a remarkable tournament with a par on the last.
"It's actually the most difficult course in the world," he said of Augusta National.
"I don't think it was getting easier, it was getting more and more difficult, actually. To me every single shot is difficult.
"I feel a little bit tired. There are still a lot of things to improve. My short game's good, but I still need to be better. My driver probably needs to be a little longer.

HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

CRAIGMILLAR SUITS THE COUNTY CAPTAIN

In the first Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit golf event, only Clackmannan County captain Darren Hulston (Dollar) made it to the last day's play.  

With rounds of 72 and 67, he made the cut by one shot, but after the event was shortened to 54 holes due to rain, he finished with a 76.   After a promising start, both  Scott Borrowman (Dollar)  (70 and 72), and Jamie Aitken (Alloa) (70 and 79) missed the cut at 140.

The next Order of Merit event is the Battle Trophy at Crail this coming weekend and both Scott and Darren will be competing in the 72-strong entry.

END OF SEASON FOR MIDLAND ALLIANCE

With the final event of the season played at The Duke's last week, the Midland Alliance season closes till August.    

Although there was no success at The Duke’s for local players, it was top senior golfer Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) who finished best in the Order of Merit.  

Bob scored 320 pts, putting him in third position behind the winner, Gary Tough with 955. Next best was Alloa’s Chris Westland in 18th position with 160 points.

The long-serving Midland Alliance secretary Eddie Sherry is retiring and is to be honoured at Scotscraig on April 26 with a dinner for Midland Alliance members.

 IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE SPRING MEETINGS

As mentioned earlier, the Clackmannan county spring meetings will be held at Alloa and Braehead.

There are over 70 entries in the Division 1 meeting at Alloa and over 60 at Division 2 at Braehead.   

With the weather warming up slightly and courses slowly improving, there is still time to make late entries for both divisions, even on the day.

Other local golf events coming up soon are:
Sunday, April 21 - Belhaven Trophy (Alva).
The Clackmannan county boys' championship has been moved to May, and again there are plenty of spaces available on the entry forms.

 SCOTTISH LADIES' MATCH-PLAY FOURSOMES

Only two local Clackmannan clubs are participating in the 2013 SLGA match-play foursomes.

Clubs are drawn initially against nearby local clubs, and Braehead will play Tillicoultry in the second round.

  AND FINALLy

Anyone who watched the Masters event must have been highly impressed by the efforts of the 14 year old Chinese boy, Tianlang Guan.   

Over the four rounds he averaged 75, and giving Augusta an estimated scratch score of 77, that means he played to a plus 2 handicap averaged over the four rounds.   

 Apart from his outstanding golf, his interviews were mature and thoughtful, and it was also interesting to see that education was his top priority.

A great role model for Junior golfers.

    

MASTERS REDEMPTION FOR ADAM SCOTT AFTER HIS OPEN COLLAPSE LAST SUMMER

ADAM SCOTT IN MASTERS DREAMLAND. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

 
FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
By PGATOUR.COM wire reports
AUGUSTA, Georgia -- Adam Scott barely had time to think about an Australian in a Green Jacket when a sudden roar from the 18th green and a quick look at the TV reminded him it's never been easy. Not for him in the majors. And certainly not for the Aussies at Augusta National.

He thought for a second it was over when he made a 20-foot birdie putt, the kind that always wins the Masters. In the scoring room, one last cheer on a soggy Sunday caused Scott to look up at the television after Angel Cabrera produced a great shot of his own, a 7-iron to 3 feet for birdie to force a playoff.
Not again?
"The golf gods can't be this cruel to Australia," Greg Norman, the symbol of heartache at Augusta, said in a text to friends who were watching nervously.
Scott knocked in a 12-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win that Green Jacket, personal redemption for his own failure last summer in the British Open and an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters.
With the win he moved to fourth in the FedExCup rankings and third in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
"We like to think we're the best at everything. Golf is a big sport at home, and this is the one thing in golf we hadn't been able to achieve," Scott said. "It's amazing that it's my destiny to be the first Australian to win. It's incredible."
Halfway around the world on Monday morning, commuters cheered on buses going into Brisbane, the capital of Scott's home state of Queensland. A speech by the prime minister was interrupted to give an update on the playoff.
The celebration was sweet, especially for the 32-year-old Scott.
It was only last summer when Scott threw away the British Open by making bogey on his last four holes to lose by one shot to Ernie Els. He handled that wrenching defeat with dignity and pledged to finish stronger if given another chance. "Next time -- I'm sure there will be a next time -- I can do a better job of it," he said that day.
Scott was close to perfect, and he had to be with Cabrera delivering some brilliance of his own.
Moments after Scott made his clutch birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 to take a one-shot lead -- "C'mon, Aussie!" he screamed -- Cabrera answered with one of the greatest shots under the circumstances, setting up an easy birdie and a 2-under 70. They finished at 9-under 279.
They both chipped close for par on the 18th in the first playoff hole, and Cabrera's 15-foot birdie putt on the 10th grazed the right side of the cup. Scott hit his 6-iron into about 12 feet, leaving him one putt away from a green jacket.
Under darkening clouds -- no sudden-death playoff at the Masters had ever gone more than two holes -- Scott said he could barely read the putt. That's when he called over caddie Steve Williams and asked him to take over. Williams was on the bag for 13 of Tiger Woods' majors, and read the putt that helped Woods to the 1999 PGA Championship.
"I said, 'Do you think it's just more than a cup?' He said, 'It's at least two cups. It's going to break more than you think,'" Scott said. "He was my eyes on that putt."
"The winning putt might be the highlight putt of my career," Williams said. "Because he asked me to read it."
With that long putter anchored to his chest, the putt was pure. The Masters had been the only major that never had a champion use a long putter. 
Scott's win means four of the last six major champions used a putter pressed against their belly or chest, a stroke that might be banned in 2016.
What mattered more to Scott was that the Masters had been the only major an Australian had never won. He was among dozens of golfers who routinely rose in the early hours of Monday morning for the telecast, only to watch a horror show.
The leading character was Norman, who had four good chances to win, none better than when he blew a six-shot lead on the last day to Nick Faldo in 1996.
There was also Jim Ferrier in 1952 and Bruce Crampton 20 years later. Scott and Jason Day tied for second just two years ago. Norman, though, was the face of Aussie failures at the Masters, and Scott paid him tribute in Butler Cabin before he slipped on that beautiful green jacket.
"Australia is a proud sporting nation, and this is one notch in the belt we never got," Scott said. "It's amazing that it came down to me today. But there's one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the great golfers. Part of this belongs to him."
Reached at his home in south Florida, Norman told The Associated Press, "I'm over the moon. Sitting there watching Adam, I had a tear in my eye. That's what it was all about. It was Adam doing it for himself, and for the country."
Norman was so nervous watching TV that he went to the gym when the final group made the turn. He headed home for the last four holes -- Day, Scott and Marc Leishman all had a chance to win -- and was texting with friends as his emotions shifted with every putt.
"I can only imagine how everyone else felt when I was playing," Norman said.
Scott was just as gracious in victory as he was last summer at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He and Cabrera flashed a thumbs-up to each other after their shots into the 10th hole in the playoff, and they walked off the 10th green with their arms around each other when it was over.
"Such is golf," Cabrera said. "Adam is a good winner."
It was a riveting conclusion to a week filled with several awkward moments. There was the one-shot penalty called against 14-year-old Guan Tianlang that nearly kept the Chinese teen from becoming the youngest player to make the cut. There was the illegal drop by Woods, who was given a two-shot penalty over questions and confusion about why he was not disqualified for signing an incorrect card.
And at the end, there was shot-making at its finest.
Scott didn't make a bogey after the first hole, and he really didn't miss a shot the rest of the day. He just couldn't get a putt to fall until it really mattered. Then, he made two of them.
Day closed with a 70, his second close call at the Masters in three years. This one hurt far more because he had a two-shot lead when he stepped to the 16th tee.
He ran off three bold birdies down the stretch -- getting up-and-down from the back bunker on the 13th, a 10-foot putt on the 14th, and capitalizing on a break at No. 15 when his drive ricocheted out of the trees into the fairways, allowing him to reach the green in two.
His lead vanished just as quickly, however. Day chose to hit putter from behind the 16th green, came up 5 feet short and missed the par putt. He hit into a bunker on the 17th for another bogey.
"I think the pressure got to me a little bit," Day said.
The tournament unfolded behind him, and it turned out to be quite a show.
Scott hit the ball beautifully the entire day and watched one putt after another turn away from the hole. But he also received perhaps the biggest break of the tournament when his shot into the par-5 13th spun back off the green and was headed down the slope into the tributary of Rae's Creek when it suddenly stopped, a blessing from a day spent in the rain. He got up-and-down for birdie, and he two-putted for birdie on the 15th.
Cabrera wasn't so fortunate. Playing in the group behind, his approach hit the bank and tumbled down into the water, leading to a bogey that cost him the lead. Cabrera answered with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th, however, that gave him a share of the lead.
And then came a one-two punch of birdies. For the fans who endured a soggy final round, this made up for it.
Two players. Two clutch birdies. Two different celebrations.
Scott screamed at the top of his lungs and clapped hands forcefully with his caddie after his 20-foot birdie putt curled around the left side of the cup -- just like Phil Mickelson's winning putt in 2004 -- and dropped in the back.
Cabrera, going after a third major championship, started walking when he hit his 7-iron from 163 yards and pumped his left fist when it landed and the gallery erupted. He affectionately hugged his son and caddie, Angel Jr., as they walked off the green toward the scoring room.
"It was a split second I thought I'd won," Scott said. "That was the putt we've seen so many guys make to win, and what I thought is it's time for me to step up and see how much I want this. To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling."
For Woods, it was another one that got away.
Not even that two-shot penalty on Friday -- the product of a wedge that hit the flag and caromed back into the water -- would have mattered. Woods figured he would need a round of 65 to win, and he made two bogeys before his first birdie. Even a mild charge on the back nine wasn't going to help him, and he closed with a 70 to tie for fourth with Marc Leishman (72).
"I played well," Woods said. "Unfortunately, I didn't make enough putts."
He now has gone eight years without winning the Masters, and he has been stuck on 14 majors since the 2008 U.S. Open. Woods is 0-for-15 in the majors since then, a drought Jack Nicklaus never endured until he was 44.
Brandt Snedeker, tied with Cabrera for the lead going into the final round, closed with a 75 and finished five shots behind.
"Any time you have a chance to win the Masters and you don't come through -- my lifelong dream -- you're going to be upset, you're going to cry," Snedeker said. "But I'll get through it."
He could learn from Scott, who endured a collapse that might have scarred a lesser player for a lot longer than nine months. 

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