Successful Scots excel down in Oz

Oct 17 2008 by Gordon Bannerman, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

PERTH and Kinross pair Wallace Booth and Gavin Dear are flying the Saltire in the Eisenhower Trophy Down Under.

The Big County golfers and Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay are representing Scotland at the World Amateur Team Championships under way in Adelaide.

The Scots got off to a flying start on day one of the 72-hole event, finishing just two strokes behind leaders USA. Macaulay was the top scoring Scot with a majestic five under 67, with Dear (Murrayshall) three under and Booth (Comrie) two under.

The event teed-up yesterday and reaches a climax on Sunday.

The Scots finished sixth two years ago in Stellenbosch.

Macaulay, the Allied Surveyors Scottish Amateur Champion and number one Scottish amateur in 2007, is joined by his GB and I team mate Booth, who enjoyed a 100 per cent unbeaten record in the St Andrews Trophy as they played a key role in their team’s victory over the Continent of Europe side. Booth clinched the Bidwells Scottish Stroke Play Championship, his first national men’s title.