IS JOHN BRYDONE THE OLDEST SURVING SCOTTISH BOYS CHAMPION?

E-mail from Michael Niven
 Sent from my iPad in Los Angeles

Reference John McTear's query: Who is the oldest surviving Scottish boys champion (See below)?
I can confirm that John Brydone, the winner in  1947, is alive and well (which makes John 84 or 85 years old, depending when his birthday is).
We are both members of Pitlochry GC.  John was 17 when he won

Michael Niven





E-mail from Rodney Neil
Yes, John Brydone is alive. He phoned Brads when he won the boys' championship last year. His pic is hung at Pitlochry Golf Club.
 Rodney Neil

NOTE from Colin Farquharson. If John Brydone (or Pitlochry Golf Club)  can send me a picture of himself, we would post it on this page.
Nice to hear that Michael Niven is logging on to the website in
LOS ANGELES!
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(Earlier) E-mail from John McTear

My old golfing pal Bill Lockie is looking forward to watching the Scottish boys' chanpionship  at West Kilbride next week - an event he won exactly fifty years ago.
I met Bryan Thomson in St Andrews last year. He won the championship at North Berwick in 1952.
Would you know who is the oldest surviving Scottish boys' champion?
I too would have been a spectator at West Kilbride next week as I won the event in 1966,but I am paying my first visit to Augusta next week. 
I am sure the boys will enjoy West Kilbride G C 

John McTear

So does the honour of being the oldest surving Scottish boys champion belong to John Brydone, the 1947 winner?
If you know an older winner, E-mail Colin@scottishgolfview.com

The post-war winners up to 1952 have been:
1951 I Young (Strathaven).
1950 A Miller (Marr College, Troon).
1949 D H Reid (Glasgow High School).
1948 R Nicol (Bath)
1947 J Brydone (Breadalbane Academy)
1940-46 Not played (World War II)
1939 K W Walker (Harrow)
1938 R G Inglis (Kingston Grammar)
1937 R G Inglis (Kingston Grammar)
1936 R Stewart (Rutherglen)
1935 D Blair (North Berwick).

+The Scottish boys' championship was played at North Berwick until 1975

 John McTear ... not with the Scottish boys' championship trophy he won at North Berwick in 1966, but the PGA Senior Championship Trophy a few years later!