David Scott, General Manager at Dumbarnie Links, has a rather impressive CV. Over nearly half a century working in golf, he’s been a club professional, playing professional, teaching professional, facility manager, resort manager, he’s even had a brief spell co-ordinating private jets landing at Leuchars air strip!
“Yes, I wouldn’t have expected that one while I was doing my PGA training,” he says of that role with his ever-present smile.
David, for information, is one of the most positive people you’re ever likely to meet.
It’s one of the reasons David is in such high demand within the golf world. On top of running a bustling venue, David is also the Captain of The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland for one year and, in May, it was announced that David would be just the sixth ever honorary professional at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Born and bred in St Andrews, David follows in the footsteps of greats like Allan Robertson and Old Tom Morris, who preceded the R&A honorary professional role, then those who have held the post, Andrew Kirkcaldy, Willie and Laurie Auchterlonie, most recently Jim Farmer – proper St Andrews professionals.
As St Andrews changes and becomes increasingly international in terms of residents, perhaps David will be the last of a kind.
“I hope not. I don’t think so,” he says. “The PGA programme is so diverse today that I would hope there will be plenty of young people from St Andrews following that route.
But, yes, to follow the likes of Andrew Kirkcaldy, the Auchterlonies and Jim Farmer is something I’m very proud of.”
Born in a hospital on the edge of St Andrews, David started playing golf at the age of three. His father was a good golfer, a St Andrews Club champion, and the family home was on Hope Street, just a wedge shot away from the famous Dunvegan pub.
“As a kid, I would just walk out of the front door in my spikes and click my way down to the links with friends,” he says. “In the summer holidays I would play seven days a week.”
And, after finishing school and spending a couple of years at college studying quantity surveying, David decided to focus on a career in the game he loved.
David Scott lining up a putt
(Image credit: The Loop/Dumbarnie Links)
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