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Scotsman
3 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
'Amazing' Bob MacIntyre's buddy relationship helps 21y
Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Cameron Adam is excited to be teeing up alongside his mentor, Bob MacIntyre, in the 153rd Open and is hoping they won't be the only Scots competing in the season's final major at Royal Portrush. The 21-year-old Royal Burgess player secured his spot in the Claret Jug event by winning The Open Amateur Series, emulating Calum Scott, who went on to claim the Silver Medal for the leading amateur in last year's event at Royal Troon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Adam won the St Andrews Links Trophy, the first of three tournaments in the battle for a coveted spot in the world's oldest major, before then failing to make the match-play phase of The Amateur Championship at Royal St George's. Fellow left-handers Bob MacIntyre and Cameron Adam have been part of a 'buddy' initiative set up by Bounce Sport | Bounce Sport It was mission accomplished, though, after he recorded a top-ten finish in the European Amateur Championship at Vasatorps in Sweden on Saturday to top the points table ahead of Finland's Sakke Siltala and fellow Scot Niall Shiels Donegan. 'I didn't make it easy after my week down at The Amateur, but it was good to get it done out in Sweden,' Adam told The Scotsman. 'All of it was really pleasing, to be honest. The first day was so hard just trying to keep it together to give myself a chance when the weather broke a bit. Yeah, it was a great week on a great course.' Adam, the 2023 Scottish Amateur champion, has secured his major debut after coming to the end of a four-year stint at the University of Northwestern in Illinois and is hoping to play in the Walker Cup in California in September before embarking on a professional career. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad * Scottish Open offer - use the code GOLF50 to get our brilliant Scottish Golf Courses You Must Play newsletter for half price {{cta('186439453527')}} 'It's a bonus, 100 per cent,' he added of his dream opportunity. 'You enter qualifying every year with the aim of trying to get in, but it is definitely a massive bonus at this stage of my career and I am massively excited about it. 'I've never been to Portrush. In fact, my first time playing in Ireland was at Ballyliffin last year for The Amateur Championship. It will be a nice little second trip across to Ireland.' Nairn man Scott, who has just started his professional career, beat 11 players to win the Silver Medal in last year's event, becoming the first Scot to land the honour since Sam Locke at Carnoustie in 2018. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cameron Adam secured his spot in the 153rd Open by winning The R&A's Amateur Series | The R&A 'That's my goal,' admitted Adam. 'As much as it is a cool experience and a great opportunity, I believe I can go there and compete, especially for that Silver Medal. Yeah, it is business first.' MacIntyre was the sole Scot in The Masters, PGA Championship and US Open and, while delighted to be joining him on this occasion, Adam is hoping a few more players will be flying the Saltire on the County Antrim coast in a fortnight's time. 'Look, I'm sure we would love to have a lot more Scottish players in the field,' he said. 'It would be great for Scottish golf if that was the case, but it's exciting for me to be the second Scottish name on that tee sheet beside Bob, especially after he's done so much the last couple of years. At the same time, though, I'll be trying to focus on my own tournament over there first and foremost.' Adam's mentorship from MacIntyre has been through the Stephen Gallacher Foundation and Bounce Sport, which not only manages MacIntyre but also Calum Hill, Grant Forrest and Stephen Gallacher among others. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Bob has been great with me,' declared Stephen Gallacher Foundation ambassdor Adam, an Edinburgh man who now lives in Fife. 'We message back and forth. He's helped me out a little bit the last couple of years. Hopefully we can get a practice round together and I can learn some more from him. He's been amazing to me and it's great what he's been doing with me.' Though Adam no longer needs to take part in Tuesday's Open Final Qualifying at Dundonald Links, he'll be watching the scores to see how a Royal Burgess clubmate and Northwestern team-mate gets on in the 36-hole shoot-out for five spots. 'Archie Finnie is down at Dundonald, so I will be keeping a close eye on him,' he said. Adam will be on Scotland duty the week before The Open when he joins forces with Shiels Donegan, Andrew Davidson, Alexander Farmer, Connor Graham and Gregor Tait at the European Men's Team Championship in Killarney. When he steps on to the first tee at Royal Portrush, though, he'll be flying the flag for Royal Burgess. Cameron Adam's win in the St Andrews Links Trophy helped set up his major debut at Royal Portrush in a fortnight's time | St Andrews Links Trust 'The club has been amazing and I am super proud to represent the club,' he said of the historic Barnton club, where he has played the bulk of his golf coming through the amateur ranks. 'It is a great club and they have done a lot for me, so I am excited to wear the logo at The Open and going forward as well.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad As for who'll be cheering him from outside the ropes in Northern Ireland, he admitted: 'It's been a mad scramble for tickets and accommodation, but it's a welcome scramble. Everyone is excited for it.'
Daily Record
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Bob MacIntyre joined at The Open by awesome Scots amateur as Tartan representation doubles
Awesome amateur Cameron Adam is heading to Portrush along with the Oban ace Scots star Cameron Adam sealed the deal in Sweden to book a dream date alongside Bob MacIntyre at The Open. The Royal Burgess golf ace doubled the Tartan representation pencilled into Royal Portrush after successfully clinching his place at the European Amateur Championship. Adam, who the recent St Andrews Links Trophy, has qualified through The Open Amatuer Series and will now tee it up alongside his fellow left-hander MacIntyre at the 153rd staging of the game's biggest event next month in Northern Ireland. The event was won by Filip Jakubcik who produced a solid performance in Saturdays final round to become the first player from Czech Republic to ever win this tournament. He joins Adam in the Portrush field and, speaking to the ega-golf, he said: 'It's crazy. It's probably every amateur's goal to play The Open, or any other Major. The fact that I can play in one, to get the experience, the feeling, I'm super excited.' Twelve months ago, Calum Scott came through the same quote to make it to Royal Troon and went onto collect the Silver Medal as top amateur at the 152nd Championship. More Scots are currently fighting to get into the big one with Calum Hill also eyeing Portrush. The 30-year-old steamed into contention at the Italian Open with a brilliant round of 64 to move to within three of leader Martin Couvra. Hill wants a second title of the year on the DP World Tour having triumphed earlier in the campaign in South Africa. But, as well as the trophy, there are two spots available for The Open from the Italian event and he's bang in the mix. Couvra is in pole position at the moment as he looks to add to the Turkish Open title and become the year's first multiple DP World Tour winner. In sweltering heat where players were permitted to wear shorts, he stayed cool to birdie the last an open a one-shot advantage over countryman Adrien Saddier and Spain's Eugenio Chacarra. Couvra said: 'I'm really proud about my 18th, because I was really tired on the last few holes. It's quite difficult with the heat. The course is so tough, so we needed to be very concentrated. I'm happy about the 18th. 'There's a lot of great players here, so you have to keep going. It's going to be a great experience because it's my first time being in this position. I'm really proud to be in this position. 'It's really nice to have some good friends on the Tour to play alongside. I've known Alex Levy a long time because we're from the same golf course, I train every day with Romain Langasque and Tom Vaillant. We have a lot of good friends, so it's really nice.'
Scotsman
5 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scottish golfer on course to qualify for 153rd Open through Amateur Series
Cameron Adam is in a strong position with a round to go in battle for spot at Royal Portrush Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Cameron Adam is on course to join compatriot and fellow lefty Bob MacIntyre in the field for the 153rd Open after moving into the top ten with a round to go in the European Amateur Championship in Sweden. The Royal Burgess player got off to a flying start in The Open Amateur Series by winning the St Andrews Links Trophy earlier this month before then failing to make the match-play stage in The R&A Amateur Championship. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Despite that disappointment, Adam still topped the standings heading into the third and final event in the battle for a coveted spot in this year's Claret Jug event at Royal Portrush. Cameron Adam is in a strong position in The Open Amater Series with a round to go | Northwestern University American Ethan Fang, his closest challenge in the points table after being crowned as the Amateur champion at Royal St George's, wasn't in the European Amateur Championship line up at Vasatorps while England's Harley Smith, who started the event in third, retired after the opening round. It was mission accomplished for Adam in terms of his first goal of making the cut this week as he opened with rounds of 75-70 before jumping 14 spots up the leaderboard to sit joint-seventh on the back of a third-day 71. On level par, Adam sits just three shots off the lead, shared by three players, in Sweden as he bids to become the first Scot to lift the title since Stephen Gallacher in 1994. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Though not yet cut and dried, the Stephen Gallacher Foundation ambassador is in a strong position to become the second successive Scot to win the series after Calum Scott got into last year's Open at Royal Troon, where the Nairn man picked up the Silver Medal as the leading amateur.
Scotsman
6 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Walker Cup contender hailed as 'inspiration' for next generation of Scottish golfers
Links Trophy winner Cameron Adam praised for his 'continued commitment to giving back' Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Talk about exciting times for the Stephen Gallacher Foundation, which, on the back of announcing a huge increase in participation numbers across its various programmes, now has an ambassador in the running for this year's Walker Cup. Cameron Adam, who joined the foundation as a nine-year-old in 2012, was already on GB&I captain Dean Robertson's radar for the biennial match against the US at Cypress Point in California in September before winning the St Andrews Links Trophy earlier this month. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Royal Burgess left-hander subsequently suffered the disappointment of failing to make the match-play stage in The R&A Amateur Championship at Royal St George's, but is hoping to make amends with a strong showing in this week's European Amateur Championship in Sweden. Cameron Adam shows off the trophy after becoming the first Scot to win the St Andrews Links Trophy since 2014 | St Andrews Links Trust/Connor Shankland 'Everything is special at St Andrews, as I said to people when we played in the St Andrews Links Collegiate last year,' said Adam of not just being involved in that but ending up on the winning side in the men's event for Northwestern University. 'And, for me, it is so cool to have family and friends there when you are playing at the Home of Golf.' In a dramatic finish on the Old Course, Adam, the 2023 Scottish Amateur champion, birdied the last to force a play-off with Irishman John Doyle as the pair tied on 17 under par after 72 holes. The left-hander then won the first extra hole with a par to become the first Scot since Grant Forrest in 2014 to land the prestigious prize. 'I definitely learned things about myself in that event, having coped with different situations that I hadn't coped with as well in the past in events,' he admitted. 'Going up the last hole, for instance, knowing I needed to birdie it to get into a play-off and even more so that I got up and down after not hitting the best of tee shots.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cameron Adam tees off at the 18th on the Old Course in the St Andrews Links Trophy | St Andrews Links Trust/Connor Shankland Adam, an Edinburgh man who now lives in Pattiesmuir in Fife after moving across the Firth of Forth with his family, finished his fourth and final year at Northwestern at the end of the latest US college campaign. He followed in the footsteps of former world No 1 and current European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald, as well as 2022 US Open winner Matthew Fitzpatrick, by heading to the Illinois university, where David Inglis, the former British Boys' champion from Roslin in Midlothian, is the head men's coach. 'I can't speak highly enough of the Northwestern programme,' he declared. 'It's been everything for me and I feel the progress I've made with my game over the last four years with Pat (Goss, the director of golf and player development) and 'Dingles' is unparalleled. I'm in a way better place to turn professional than I could ever have been. 'I think my sophomore year was the only year I didn't have a Scottish team-mate. I had Eric McIntosh in my first year then Archie Finnie and Niall Shiels Donegan both came in. It's always nice to have people around you that you know and it definitely made it all a bit easier for me. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cameron Adam was part of a Great Britain & Ireland squad that held a session at Dumbarnie Links last month | Dumbarnie Links 'I'm now finished at Northwestern and will see the rest of this year out as an amateur then see where I sit at the end of the year and will hopefully be turning pro at that point.' Before then, Adam is hoping to tee up a major debut in the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush when he competes alongside the likes of Lee Westwood, Alex Noren and Adrian Meronk in next Tuesday's Final Qualifier at Dundonald Links. He's then almost certain to be in action for Scotland, albeit in the B Division in Hungary rather than the main event in Ireland, in the European Men's Team Championship. Adam is then hoping to be picked for the Great Britain & Ireland team for the St Andrews Trophy in Spain at the end of July, with his big goal this year being that Walker Cup clash at one of the game's iconic venues on the California coast on 6-7 September. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cameron Adam pictured with Stephen Gallacher after landing one of his early victories in a Stephen Gallacher Foundation event after joining the programme as a nine-year-old in 2012 | Stephen Gallacher Foundation 'To be part of GB&I get-together at Cypress Point earlier in the year was awesome,' he said. 'Cypress is such a unique place. It's short; it's quirky. In my eyes, it's a great place for us to go and get a win. 'You can have a massive advantage by learning the ins and outs of it and that's why I felt it was so important for us to get down there. Indeed, I thought it was a little bit strange that the Americans didn't decide to hold their camp there. 'For us, it was such a valuable couple of days and I think it is going to stand us in good stead. I was also part of a get-together at Dumbarnie before the Links Trophy. 'It's great to get all the guys together and create a team camaraderie. I think that's what we do so well over this side of the pond and I think it is an exciting year for GB&I.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It has already been an exciting one for those involved with the Stephen Gallacher Foundation as far as Adam is concerned. 'We are incredibly proud of him,' said the foundation's manager, Scott Knowles, a former Scottish Golfer of the Year. 'Since joining the foundation as a nine-year-old in 2012, he's gone on to achieve so much, winning multiple SGF and national titles and eventually becoming an SGF ambassador. 'What makes him truly special is not just his success on the course, but his continued commitment to giving back by always willing to support and inspire the next generation of young golfers. He's not just someone the kids can look up to in golf but in life as well.' Set up by the four-time DP World Tour winner in 2012 on the back of Paul Lawrie launching his junior programme in the North-East, the Stephen Gallacher Foundation goes from strength to strength, as the latest participation figures illustrate. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Stephen Gallacher Foundation ambassador Cameron Adam supports events whenever he can | Stephen Gallacher Foundation 'We've enjoyed a 63 per cent increase across our programmes,' reported Knowles. 'This incredible growth shows the passion, commitment, and talent of the young golfers we work with, as well as the amazing support from families, coaches and the wider community. 'We have now 1850 people on our mailing list for the foundation and have over 700 kids now actively registered to enter events, with just under 100 of them aged under 10, which is great for the future. 'Up to this date last year, 637 kids had played in our events and this year that figure is now up to 1017. We now also hold events - a mixture of WAGR, EGR, 18 Hole Stroke Play and Flag Events - in Lothians, Fife, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Borders and Northumberland.
Scotsman
08-06-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scottish 1-2 at halfway stage in St Andrews Links Trophy
Cameron Adam holds two-shot lead over Niall Shiels Donegan heading into final 36 holes Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Cameron Adam stormed to the top of the leaderboard in the St Andrews Links Trophy and has a fellow Scot, Niall Shiels Donegan, as his closest challenger heading into the final 36 holes on the Old Course. Not since Grant Forrest in 2014 has the title been landed by a home player, but Royal Burgess left-hander Adam and California-based Shiels Donegan have both set up opportunities to end that drought. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Adam, the 2023 Scottish Amateur champion, followed an opening four-under-par 68 on the Jubilee Course on Friday with a blistering second-round effort on the Old Course. Cameron Adam in action for Northwestern University on the US college circuit | Northwestern University He birdied the fourth and ninth to be out in 34 before picking up four shots on the trot from the 11th then adding further gains at the 16th and 17th coming home to sign for an eight-under 64. The dazzling performance left him sitting two shots ahead of Shiels Donegan after the two-time Hawaii State Amateur champion also produced an eye-catching display. His round also included a burst of four straight birdies - in his case from the fourth - and, making seven in total mixed in with a sole bogey at the par-4 15th, he signed for a 66 to add to an opening 68. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Ironically, the duo will be going head-to-head on Sunday after being team-mates at Northwestern University in Illinois during the latest US college campaign. Elsewhere, Connor Syme, who is chasing a maiden DP World Tour win, finished birdie-birdie at The International in Amsterdam to take a two-shot lead into the final round of ythe KLM Open.
