Amateur teen boy wins European pro tourney in Scotland.

[joekelly]

Just the facts, please.

Have been watching Sky Sports, from UK and saw a boy, who looked to be 15-16 years old, playing in Scotland, along the River Clyde, in the Europro Glenfarclas pro tourney.

This tourney is sponsored by the European Tour and is considered the 3rd tier, a development competition tour. http://www.europrotour.com/

His competitors, all pros, most of whom are much older and experienced and some are  much, much larger as the boy is slight. But the boy, this teenage boy, defeats all comers over 4 days and wins the trophy, shooting -16. All others share cash which boy rejects, following the custom of amateur golf. What a performance by  a 'kid'.

Let's not forget that Rory McIlroy won an Open tourney in Ireland as a 16 yr old amateur boy too.

So this Scots boy, Craig Ross has his sights set on college in USA and i wish him good luck towards a good edu and great golf team.. Turns out he is 18 yrs old, per his Facebook page.

Opinion:   if he does get to USA college he will need some lessons in English as spoken there because during  the interview he offered a very thick Scottish brogue, which i found difficult to understand.  Now the USA college girls may lap it up, and with the lasses,  i also wish him well.

[boogielicious]

Just the facts, please.

Have been watching Sky Sports, from UK and saw a boy, who looked to be 15-16 years old, playing in Scotland, along the River Clyde, in the Europro Glenfarclas pro tourney.

This tourney is sponsored by the European Tour and is considered the 3rd tier, a development competition tour. http://www.europrotour.com/

His competitors, all pros, most of whom are much older and experienced and some are  much, much larger as the boy is slight. But the boy, this teenage boy, defeats all comers over 4 days and wins the trophy, shooting -16. All others share cash which boy rejects, following the custom of amateur golf. What a performance by  a 'kid'.

Let's not forget that Rory McIlroy won an Open tourney in Ireland as a 16 yr old amateur boy too.

So this Scots boy, Craig Ross has his sights set on college in USA and i wish him good luck towards a good edu and great golf team.. Turns out he is 18 yrs old, per his Facebook page.

Opinion:   if he does get to USA college he will need some lessons in English as spoken there because during  the interview he offered a very thick Scottish brogue, which i found difficult to understand.  Now the USA college girls may lap it up, and with the lasses,  i also wish him well.

Depends on which US College.  He may have more trouble in the deep south.  Not on campus, but off campus where the locals may have trouble with his accent.  I may be more the speed that he talks v. the accent too.  The speaking speed is slower in some areas of the US, especially away from bigger cities.  Good luck to him.

OT:

I had a Scottish friend (past on sadly) whose accent was so thick, it took a year for me to understand a word he was saying.  Great guy and missed.  His wife had an absolutely lovely Scottish accent, which is my favorite accent for woman.  I could listen to it all day.