ABERDONIAN HAS CLIMBED THROUGH SATELLITE SYSTEM

 

      

David Law, took advice from Paul Lawrie. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

David Law ready for the Challenge as season 

tees off in Kenya this week

David Law makes his first start as a full 

European Challenge Tour player this 

week at the Barclays Kenya Open, the 

first event of the season, and the Scot 

cannot wait to get going in the higher echelons of European golf 

after climbing through the Satellite Tour system.

The Aberdonian, a protégé of former Open Champion and 

two-time Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie, made the decision to turn 

down invites on the Challenge Tour last year in favour of gaining 

full status via the Satellite Pro Golf Tour.

While it was a tough decision to make at the time, Law believes 

it has been fully justified and now the former amateur star - 

twice Scottish men's champion and once Scottish boys' 

champion - is hoping to make a big impression in his first 

season on the Challenge Tour.

“I can’t wait,” said the 22 year old. “Obviously I’ve played a few events over the last two years so I know what to expect, which is a good thing because I've always been one to struggle when I don’t know what to expect.

“I know a lot of the guys and a few of the courses and I'm really looking forward to playing week-in week-out. Last year and the year before it was scattered and there is a lot of pressure on you when you do get the chance to play.

“I thought it would be a better experience to play the Pro Golf Tour in Europe last year as opposed to playing mostly in Britain, to experience the travelling and all, and I learned a lot through that.

“It was about knuckling down and, while I had planned to get a few more Challenge Tour starts, I decided against it and focussed more on getting my card sorted for this year. I was glad I did that. It was a big decision because it would be easy to keep coming back here and hope for a big result.

“But I sat down with Paul (Lawrie) and my management and I 

didn’t think it was the right way to go - to skip the Satellite 

Tour events and hope for the best.”

Having played in Kenya last season, Law thinks it is the perfect place to begin his chase for a top 15 finish in the Challenge Tour Rankings.

“I played pretty good here last so I feel quite comfortable,” he said. “It’s a little bit linksy here too, it can be hard and fast and there has been a bit of wind here in recent days too so it’s a course I like.”

Other Scots in the field include Callum Macaulay, George Murray, who finished third here last year, and Duncan Stewart, who narrowly missed out on European Tour graduation in 2013, finishing 20^th in the Rankings.

For the Barclays Kenya Open tee times, leaderboard and other news, visit http://po.st/CTHP.

 

 

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