Douglas honoured with junior event

ONE of the most popular figures in Scottish amateur golf is to be honoured with an event bearing his name to raise valuable funds for junior golf in the country. The inaugural 'Barrie Douglas Scottish Junior Masters' will be staged over Blairgowrie's Lansdowne Course this year in a fitting tribute for the Perthshire native. Douglas, who helped guide the early careers of many young players, including European Tour card-holders Bradley Neil and Connor Syme, passed away last August while on duty as Scotland captain at the European Boys' Team Championship in Spain.

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