The 2020 European Tour season was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic but still provided welcome playing opportunities, including some success for Scottish players.Simply scroll down and click through the pages to see how the main Saltire bearers fared.
1. Bob’s big breakthrough
A breakthrough win in the Cyprus Showdown in November, finishing the year sitting a career-best 56th in the world rankings and making the cut in his debut in both the US PGA Championship and US Open. All that was achieved by Bob MacIntyre in a year he really struggled at times with the Covid-19 restrictions and, though it was a disappointing final day of the year for him on Sunday, the fact he was in with a chance of winning the DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai is another positive for the the 24-year-old in just his second campaign. Photo: Ross Kinnaird
2. Warren back on winning trail
Marc Warren came out of lockdown without a category for the main tour but the 39-year-old returned to winning ways in the Austrian Open, which marked the restart, and carried his own bag in doing so. He backed up that fourth tour triumph with a top-five finish in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open - an effort that was worth three times more on the strength of it being a Rolex Series event - before adding another top 10 in the Golf in Dubai Championship as he recorded his best Race to Dubai finish since securing 25th spot in 2015. Photo: Stuart Franklin
3. Strong stuff from Syme
After being unlucky to lose his card at the end of 2018, Connor Syme showed he belongs at the top table by producing a string of strong performances in a 25-event campaign. The 25-year-old clocked up six top-10 finishes, getting himself into contention in both events in a double-header at Celtic Manor. After leading on his own in one and tying for top spot in the other after 54 holes, he was disappointed not to land either the ISPS Handa Wales or Celtic Classic. But, after going off the boil for a bit, a tie for 10th in the South African Open helped end his campaign on a high. Photo: Ross Kinnaird
4. Jamieson is Mr Consistency
Scott Jamieson, who crosses the Atlantic numerous times in the year these days after setting up base with his family in Florida, got off to a strong start with a top-10 finish in Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, picking up €134,845 for that effort in a Rolex Series event. In a consistent if not spectacular year, the 37-year-old added two more top-10s in both the Hero Open at Forest of Arden and English Championship at Hanbury Manor before ending the campaign with six successive cuts, including a top-10 finish in Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek. He is still trying, though, to add to his breakthrough win in the 2012 Nelson Mandela Championship. Photo: Ross Kinnaird