Scot gives an insight to life as a student in America
Getting to Know: Josh Jamieson
As the Northwestern University golf team wrapped up its 19th-edition of the Windon Memorial Classic, NUSports.com caught up with senior Josh Jamieson.
Recognized as a 2015-16 Big Ten Golfer to Watch, Jamieson discusses
what it was like coming to America, why he chose Northwestern and much
more in this week's edition of "Getting to Know."
NUSports.com: What has your experience at Northwestern Univeristy, Illinois been like?
Josh Jamieson:
It has been amazing. Playing golf at Northwestern doesn't happen to
everybody – it is a very exclusive club to be a part of. I have had many
great experiences on the team and have had great teammates throughout
my four years here. I have also been very fortunate to have the best two
coaches in college golf.
It is a maturing process and I have
come out of this a more mature human being. I am also a much better
golfer and much better student.
NU: Where are you from?
JJ:
I am from St. Andrews in Scotland. I am fully Scottish – as Scottish as
they come. My entire family is back there. When I got off the plane to
come to Northwestern, it was the first time I had been to America. It
was a strange experience.
NU: What was your recruitment process like?
JJ: [David Inglis]
is Scottish and Luke Donald was World No. 1 when I was being recruited,
so I made use of that connection. I was the lucky one. I wanted to
further my education and expand my golf game and I was just extremely
fortunate. I was never bothered about going to college in the States and
I did not have much interest in it. It was not something I was open to
until David got in touch with me. I realized Northwestern was a great
school and it seem a great idea.And so it turned out to be!
NU: Did you have any connections to Evanston?
JJ:
My grandmother grew up in Evanston, which is just a crazy coincidence.
She lived here for 15 years and her father was a club pro at one of our
courses.
NU: What was the biggest culture shock coming to America?
JJ:
Everything kind of freaked me out at first - the food, the people. I
thought 70 degrees was so hot! It is just very different from Scotland..
NU: What was your first American meal?
JJ:
My first night in America, I ate dinner with Coach Inglis and my dad at
the hotel we were staying at. I had an American burger, and it all
seemed so strange.
NU: What is your favourite part ofAmerica?
JJ:
We have got to travel a lot with golf, and I love visiting new
places. I also love downtown Chicago. My parents come out every year and
I love when they are here and get to do the tourist things. I also love
the sports teams here. I did not understand football, baseball or ice
hockey when I moved here, but now I love it!
NU: If you weren't playing golf, what would be your dream job?
JJ:
My dream job would be a professional footballer – or a soccer player,
as Americans would say. I love soccer, and that is what I miss most
about home. David Beckham was my favorite player growing up and I still
love him.
NU: What has been your favourite course in America?
JJ:
My favourite course is Erin Hills. Marquette's tournament has been there
the last couple years and it fits my eye. It is in Wisconsin, and a Scottish-style course. Aside from that, I really like Cypress
Point in Pebble Beach. We haven't played on that course competitively,
but went on a Spring Break trip there.
We couldn't let October 17th come and go without wishing a happy birthday to one of golf's greatest ambassadors. Ernie Els
is celebrating his 46th birthday today, and although he hasn't played
his greatest golf of late, the four-time major champion has contributed
in ways that are bigger than the game, recently being honoured with the Payne Stewart Award for his charitable work, specifically with his Els for Autism foundation. So join us in wishing the Big Easy a very happy birthday with a look back at his Hall of Fame career by clicking here, or on the image below:
Fiona Liddell and Jamie Stewart. Picture by courtesy of the SGU website. Jamie Stewart and Fiona Liddell win Scottish
Junior Champion of Champions' titles
Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) and Germany-based Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vornholz) won the boys and girls' titles respectively at the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions tournament at The Duke's Course, St Andrews today.
Stewart, winner of the Scottish U16 boys' championship earlier this year, shot a bogey-free, two under par 69 (35-34), with birdies at the long first hole and the short 16th to claim the boys' championship by three strokes from schoolboys champion Darren Howie (Peebles). Howie had twice as many birdies as Stewart - sixth, 11th, 13th and 15th - but also five bogeys in halves of 39-33.
Former Scottish girls champion, Fiona Liddell, daughter of a Scots-born club pro in Germany, had a two-over 73. She birdied the first, 11th and 12th but had a double bogey at the sixth atnd also dropped shots at the third, fourth and 16th. Runner-up, only a shot behind on 74, was Strathmore's Kirsty Brodie. BOYS' SCORES Par 71 SSS 73 CSS 73 69 J Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 72 D Howie (Peebles) 73 C Curran (Harburn) 74 K Cantley (Liberton), G Brown (Cathkin Braes), J Fraser (Ayr Belleisle), L Breslin (Fereneze) 75 D Lamond (Haggs Castle), J Torrance (Drumpellier), H George (Downfield). 76 T Bell (Forres), J Thomas (Irvine), S Nicholson (Ladybank) 78 S Murphy (Glencruitten), E Hart (Dullatur), C McKenzie (Troon Welbeck), R Hawthorn (Murrayfield), A Thomson (Lanark) 79 A O'Hagan (Old Ranfurly), A Ni (Murrayfield), M Napier (Turnhouse) 80 C McKinney (Pitreavie), M Dalrymple (Old Ranfurly), A Gibson (Blairgowrie), F Kane (Kirkhill) 81 J Currie (Greenock), D Cairnie (Dumfries and Co). 82 J Armstrong (Helensburgh) 83 J Lockhart (Pitreavie), C Burns (Balmore) 86 T Foster (Merchants of Edinburgh) 88 R Paul (Hirsel), J Rogan (Longniddry) 89 R Higgins (Loretto) GIRLS Par 71 SSS 71 CSS 72 73 F Liddell (Schloss Vornholz) 74 K Brodie (Strathmore) 75 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 76 J Free (Gullane), M Richmond (Strathmore) 77 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead), K Brown (Strathaven), L Duncan (West Kilbride) 78 C Goadby (St Regulus), J Rankine (Haggs Castle), J Allan (Glenbervie), E Morrison (Craigmillar Park) 80 A Walker (Glenbervie) 81 F Rattray (Douglas Park), M Linton (Craigmillar Park) Withdrew: E Hale (Troon Ladies)
Craig Ronald (Carluke) and Montrose Links' Graeme Brown tied for ninth place and earned 1,310 euros each in the PGAs of Europe Championship which ended at Pravets Golf Resort and Spa, Bulgaria today (Sat). Ronald shot 73, 71, 68 and 70 for six-under 282, an aggregate matched by Brown's rounds of 68, 72, 70 and 72. Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) earned 780 euros for a joint 18th place finish on 284 with scores of 73, 71, 72 and a bogey-free 68 which had birdies at the seventh, 12th, 13th and 16th. James McGhee (Bishopbriggs) had scores of 69, 76, 72 and 72 for one-over 289. His payslip amounted to 500 euros. Englishman Matthew Cort won the 10,000 euros first prize and the PGAs of European championship by two strokes with a 19-under-par aggregate of 269, made up on rounds of 68, 66, 66 and 69. LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 288 (4x72) 269 Matthew Cort (Eng) 68 66 66 69 (10,000 euros) 271 Ralph Miller (Net) 70 67 68 66 (6,000 euros) 273 Garry Houston (Wal) 70 68 69 66, Jose Luis Adaraga (Spa) 66 69 68 70 (3,450 euros each) 274 Steve Parry (Eng) 69 72 66 67 (2,500 euros) SCOTS' TOTALS 282 Craig Ronald 73 71 68 70, G Brown 68 72 70 72 (T9) (1,310 euros each) 284 Craig Matheson 73 71 72 68 (T18) (780 euros) 289 James McGhee 69 70 72 72 (34th) (500 euros)
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS Andy Sullivan will carry a five-stroke advantage into the last round of the Portugal Masters as the Englishman seeks a third European Tour title of the season. A shotgun start was used for round three due to the threat of adverse weather later in the day and, whilst the rain and storms largely stayed away in the morning, the wind was playing havoc with birdies far harder to come by than on the first two days. That did not adversely affect Sullivan, however, who carded a superb round of 67 to move to 18 under par, five shots ahead of Spaniard Eduardo de la Riva. With further bad weather forecast for Sunday, there will be another 8am shotgun start as Sullivan attempts to add to The South African Open Championship Hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni and the Joburg Open titles he won earlier in the year. De La Riva closed with three successive birdies to take second place on 13 under par, two shots clear of his compatriot Jorge Campillo and England’s Chris Wood.
Key quotes Andy Sullivan: “I’m just playing really good golf at the moment. I hung in there early doors, and then managed to knock a few good putts in. I kept that going throughout the round, and to shoot four under for the day was pretty awesome in that horrible weather out there. “It was really tough at times, and I feel mentally drained now because I had to concentrate so hard. I felt like I used pretty much all the energy I had out there today, but I’ve got plenty of time to relax and recharge the batteries, which is good.” Eduardo de la Riva: “It was very tough today with the wind, so I have to be very happy with three under. It was very difficult to control your ball in the wind and putting was also very tough, so to shoot 69 was very pleasing. “Five shots is a lot to make up and Andy is playing very, very well. But I will try tomorrow to shoot a low round and put some pressure on him.”
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS Par 216 (3x72) 195 A Sullivan (Eng) 64 64 67 200 E De La Riva (Esp) 65 67 68 202 C Wood (Eng) 68 69 65, J Campillo (Esp) 66 69 67, 203 N Colsaerts (Bel) 64 71 68, T Pieters (Bel) 65 66 72, 204 T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 66 68 70, T Bjørn (Den) 67 67 70, H Otto (RSA) 70 65 69, B Wiesberger (Aut) 68 64 72, 205 T Fleetwood (Eng) 69 64 72, D Drysdale (Sco) 65 71 69, A Wall (Eng) 69 64 72, 206 A Quiros (Esp) 67 68 71, G Mulroy (RSA) 69 67 70, S Gallacher (Sco) 67 71 68, E Espana (Fra) 70 67 69, 207 A Hansen (Den) 68 67 72, L Bjerregaard (Den) 72 69 66, M Korhonen (Fin) 69 69 69, R Rock (Eng) 70 67 70, T Aiken (RSA) 65 70 72, C Lee (Sco) 67 71 69, 208 B Ritthammer (Ger) 69 66 73, J Singh (Ind) 69 66 73, C Doak (Sco) 69 69 70, A Otaegui (Esp) 67 67 74, J Van Zyl (RSA) 71 67 70, S Kjeldsen (Den) 68 66 74, B Hebert (Fra) 75 64 69, 209 P Maddy (Eng) 66 69 74, A Johnston (Eng) 70 69 70, 210 S Jamieson (Sco) 67 68 75, J Kruger (RSA) 72 69 69, P Harrington (Irl) 70 70 70, C Paisley (Eng) 67 67 76, O Fisher (Eng) 69 69 72, B Stow (Eng) 69 69 72, 211 G Storm (Eng) 68 70 73, J Walters (RSA) 71 68 72, S Hutsby (Eng) 72 68 71, R Wattel (Fra) 67 71 73, D Brooks (Eng) 68 69 74, R Gouveia (Por) 71 68 72, L Jensen (Den) 73 67 71, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 68 68 75, R Green (Aus) 68 70 73, 212 K Broberg (Swe) 66 70 76, D McGrane (Irl) 67 72 73, D Fichardt (RSA) 68 70 74, T Olesen (Den) 71 70 71, S Brown (Eng) 73 68 71, T Silva (am) (Por) 71 68 73, 213 D Gaunt (Aus) 72 69 72, M Kieffer (Ger) 71 70 72, G Bourdy (Fra) 70 69 74, R Bland (Eng) 71 70 72, 214 J Carlsson (Swe) 66 73 75, M Warren (Sco) 71 68 75, M Kaymer (Ger) 70 70 74, 215 P Lawrie (Sco) 71 70 74, R Gonzalez (Arg) 70 70 75, A Cañizares (Esp) 70 69 76, 216 G Havret (Fra) 71 70 75, B Evans (Eng) 73 68 75, R Paratore (Ita) 70 71 75, 217 J Quesne (Fra) 70 68 79, J Scrivener (Aus) 70 69 78, P Dunne (Irl) 68 72 77, K Phelan (Irl) 70 71 76, M Lundberg (Swe) 70 69 78, 218 M Crespi (Ita) 68 73 77
Former Scottish amateur champion Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) finished sixth and Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) tied seventh in a field of 84 at the Germany PGA Pro Golf Tour Qualifying School at Paderborn Golf Club. Culvwerwell, playing as an amateur, had rounds of 72 and 70 for two-under 142. Kiloh shot 70-73 for 143. Culverwell covered his last 11 holes in four under par with birdies at the eighth, ninth, 14th and 17th. Kiloh, joint third after his opening round, came home in two-over-par 38 in his second round, including bogeys at the 17th and 18th. French amateur Stanislaus Gautier (69-67) and Ondrej Lieser (Czech Republic) (69-67) tied for first place on eight-under-par 136. Lieser earned 600 euros. Philip McLean (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) shot 78-77 for 155 and 61st place. The top 10 are assured of places in all next season's Pro Golf Tour events. From 11 to 40 will get into most of the competitions.
Today's (Saturday) North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture, due to be held at
Grantown on Spey, was called off due to frost in the ground and fog in the air.
Matt Kuchar returned a 69, three under par, on Saturday to stay two shots clear of the field with a round to go in the Fiji International Open at Suva. The
world No. 16 from the US PGA Tour had his best round of the tournament at Natadolo Bay Golf
Club to finish the third round as the only player under par at 1-under
215. He remained two shots ahead
of Australian Aron Price who also shot 69, and two-man contest for the title on Sunday, with Australian Nick Cullen six strokes off
the lead in third. Local favourite Vijay Singh shot a 71 to move up to a tie for sixth, nine shots off the lead.
Frys.com Open: Justin Rose and Martin Laird three shots off the lead
Second-round leaderboard:
-11 B Steele (US); -9 J Vegas (Ven) W Wilcox (US) G DeLaet H Varner III (US); -8M Laird (Sco) J Rose (Eng) R Henley (US) J Thomas (US); -7 C Knost (US) P Rodgers (US) J Henry (US) T Van Aswegen (RSA); Selected others: -5 R McIlroy (NI); -3 G Owen (Eng) -1R Knox (Sco)
Justin Rose put himself in contention at the Frys.com Open as he
finished the second round three shots behind leader Brendan Steele in
California.
Englishman Rose, 35, hit a three-under round of 69 to
end the day in the chasing pack tied eight under along with Scotland's
Martin Laird, 32.
American Steele, 32, hit a solid 70 to remain top of the leaderboard.
"I'm very happy to keep the momentum up and post a decent score, really not playing great golf," Rose told
PGA.com. "I played pretty scrappily, some ugly shots out there, some long par-save putts, so for me it was a really good 69."
Rory McIlroy toiled for 71 to stand five under, Northern Ireland's world number three positioned 19th.
Steele, who was the
overnight leader
after a breathtaking first-round 63, has a two-shot lead over compatriot Will Wilcox and Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas.
The pair were among four players tied on nine under after their respective rounds of 67 and 71.
Shotgun start to Round 3 of Portugal Masters as stormy day forecast
With bad weather forecast, the third round of the Portugal Masters was played with a shotgun start from all 18 tees at 8am.. Link to scores: CLICK HERE
Editor: Menacing clouds and a rising wind but no thunder, lightning and rain - which was forecast - as yet (9.30am at Vilamoura).
North of Scotland women's champion Kimberley Beveridge from Aboyne, a freshman student at Tyler Junior College, Texas finished fourth in the Tyler Junior College Intercollegiate women's tournament at Pine Springs Golf Club, Tyler in Texas. In a high-scoring event, played in bad weather, Kimberley shot 80 and 78 for 158, three shots behind the winner, team-mate Bo Young Park (82-73) Another Tyler JC player, Anya Anders finished second on 156 (79-77)
+Kimberley is pictured with the North of Scotland women's championship trophy she won during the summer.
