Scottish Boys Golf Championship: Six of the best from day three

Win

Fraser Christie, a whiff of a lad from Edinburgh, is growing in stature after making a miraculous recovery in his second-round encounter with Royal Musselburgh’s Stuart Blair. Three down with five to play, the 16-year-old debutant from Craigmillar Park won the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th to secure an unlikely victory. For good measure, he followed that up with an afternoon win to claim a place in the last 16. A year after being left in cold storage as a reserve, he’s warming to the task this week.

Shot

Momentum can shift in a jiffy in match-play, as Ben Kinsley discovered to his benefit in the third round. Already two down, he looked to be heading deeper into trouble at the ninth against Nairn Dunbar’s Craig Oram. But, after the St Andrean had rolled in a ten-footer, his opponent missed from half the distance to lose the hole and, from then on Kinsley had the upper hand.

Quote

“We lost 6-0 to Real Madrid after playing Celtic a couple of months before and losing 14-0 - I think the Real Madrid boys were going easy on us,” - Cochrane Castle’s Colin Edgar on the trip he made to Spain as a member of the Johnstone Burgh Under-14 football team a couple of years back. He kicked his football career into touch soon afterwards and is now on course to record a memorable golfing goal.

Attire

Jake Scott makes no secret of the fact he’s a big Rickie Fowler fan. He certainly can’t conceal it either, the orange shoes giving it away for starters. For confirmation, just about everything he was wearing under a layer of waterproofs was the same colour. Scott is hoping the future is orange but fourth-round opponent Ben Kinsley was confident he wouldn’t be dazzled on the first tee. “We’ll see what he comes out with, but I’ve known him for ages so I’ve seen all the stuff he wears,” said the Fifer.

Lifestyle

Alexander Wilson has lived in Spain since he was nine and plays regularly at Valderrama, the 1997 Ryder Cup venue, as well as Sotogrande, another top-class venue on the Costa del Sol. To tie in with him being a scholar at Loretto in Musselburgh, he’s also among the elite membership at The Renaissance, where his clubmates include former England striker Alan Shearer and Barclays Bank supremo Bob Diamond. Playing great courses is helping Wilson become one of the emerging stars on the Scottish scene, having already finished in a tie for first in the opening Scottish Hydro Junior Tour event of the year at Gullane.

Pedigree

The Auchterlonie name will resonate around the golfing world, leaving Ben Kinsley with huge shoes to fill. However, the young descendent of the famous St Andrews family, which boasts both an Open and US Open champion in Willie and Laurie respectively, is making steady progress of his own. Having already claimed the Scottish Under-16s title last year, he’s got a national double in his sights after reaching the last 32. Nairn Dunbar’s Craig Oram must be sick of the sight of the Fifer, having now lost to him two years running in this event.