Amateur champion David Law faces Jones Cup deadline

DAVID Law, the Scottish boys' and men's amateur champion, has been told his injured left hand could take another two months to fully heal.

The 18-year-old from Hazlehead, who became the first player to win both national matchplay titles in the same season, has been sidelined for the past seven weeks following an assault in Aberdeen city centre which left him with a fractured knuckle on his left hand.

Law is set to fly out to the US a week on Sunday with a Scottish squad for the Jones Cup in Florida but the Paul Lawrie protege's hopes of making that trip look slim. "It's probably 50-50 at the moment and I need to make a decision about the US trip soon," he said. "The doctor said it will be another two months before it heals properly."