Oliver Mukherjee pauses for a moment, considering his answer.
Eventually, he speaks.
“Yeah, it was pretty cool,” he says. “When I won, it didn’t really sink in at first but over the last few days it has. Everyone else has been really excited.”
Mukherjee, a supremely talented 16-year-old, is one of Scottish golf’s great hopes. He’s also fresh from winning the Scottish Men’s Amateur. It’s not certain but he’s thought to be the youngest victor in its history.
“Pretty cool” indeed.
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The teenager from Craigielaw is as impressive off the course as he is on it, speaking with a maturity beyond his years.
“I went into it aiming to make the round of 16,” he tells bunkered.co.uk, explaining his strategy for the week.
“With the way the amateur ranking works, that would have given me enough points to reach one of my targets for the year. After that, I just took each game at a time.
“I had a good feeling at the start of the week. I played a few practice rounds and I felt like it would be a good week for me.”
In the situation he found himself at Gailes Links, it would have been easy for any junior to get carried away with the magnitude of it. But not Mukherjee.
“The key was staying in games and never letting your opponent see…
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