Calum Scott (golfer)

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| birth_place = Nairn, Highland, Scotland

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Calum Scott (born 20 October 2003) is a Scottish amateur golfer. He came to prominence by winning the silver medal, as the leading amateur, in the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon.{{cite magazine |last=Huggan |first=John |title=British Open 2024: Troon's low amateur keeps perfect an incredibly quirky streak |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/british-open-2024-calum-scott-low-amateur-quirky-streak-scottish-golf |access-date=22 July 2024 |magazine=Golf Digest |date=21 July 2024}}{{cite news |last=Rodger |first=Nick |title=Calum Scott wins silver medal as top amateur in The Open |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24466494.calum-scott-wins-silver-medal-top-amateur-open/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |newspaper=The Herald |date=21 July 2024}}

Amateur career

Scott was born in 2003 in Nairn, the Scottish Highlands, and begun representing Scotland internationally in 2017.{{cite news |title=National Teams |url=https://www.scottishgolf.org/national-teams |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=Scotland Golf}} He was runner-up at the 2020 Northern Open. Scott finished 3rd at the 2022 European Amateur in Spain, behind Filippo Celli and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, and 4th in 2024, 2 strokes behind American Tommy Morrison. He finished 3rd at the 2023 St Andrews Links Trophy behind Alex Maguire and Albert Hansson, and was runner-up in 2024, 2 strokes behind Seb Cave of England.

In 2021, Scott followed in the footsteps of his brother Sandy and enrolled at Texas Tech University, to start playing with the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's golf team alongside Ludvig Åberg.{{cite web |title=Men's Golf Roster: Calum Scott |url=https://texastech.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/calum-scott/12686 |publisher=Texas Tech |access-date=22 July 2024}}

He represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 2023 Walker Cup at St Andrews Links and won two points from four matches. He helped to beat Ben James and Caleb Surratt in the Saturday morning foursomes, but lost, 3 and 2, to Surratt in the opening match of the closing Sunday singles.{{cite magazine |last=Leighfield |first=Jonny |title=Calum Scott Facts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The 2024 Open Silver Medal Winner |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/calum-scott-golf-facts-bio |access-date=22 July 2024 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=21 July 2024}}

In 2024, Scott won the Open Amateur Qualifying Series to earn a start at the 152nd Open Championship after recording a second, quarter-final, and fourth-place finish in the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship, and European Amateur, respectively. At Royal Troon he shot an eight-over 292 to finish tied 43rd alongside Brooks Koepka and Max Homa. He beat the 11 other amateurs in the field to win the Silver Medal as the leading amateur, three strokes ahead of Tommy Morrison and Jacob Skov Olesen.{{cite news |title=Emotional Scott soaks up Silver Medal triumph at Open |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/c3grzj9pqd1o |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=BBC Sports |date=21 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Calum Scott delights home fans with Open Silver Medal win |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/calum-scott-delights-home-fans-with-open-silver-medal-win/ |publisher=PGA European Tour |access-date=22 July 2024}}

Amateur wins

2018 Barrie Douglas Scottish Junior Masters
2020 Junior Tour Brora, Junior Tour Duff House Royal

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/calum-scott-29372 |title=Calum Scott |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=22 July 2024}}