“It’s fantastic to be bringing another European Tour event to my home town of Aberdeen, after the Scottish Open was held at Royal Aberdeen last year”, added the 1999 Open champion.
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Paul Lawrie was content after a tough but successful opening day of the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay tournament on Thursday.
Lawrie’s fellow Scot had three bogeys and two double-bogeys on his card, but the tournament host was unable to take advantage as he crashed to a one-hole defeat at Murcar Links near Aberdeen.
With the WGC Bridgestone being played next week in Ohio followed by the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits the following week the European Tour’s stars are either in or heading for the US to prepare for a demanding two weeks.
“But then I knew as soon as I got to my bed last night that was me pretty much done and I was a normal player”.
“I’m hoping some of my best golf might still be ahead of me, and show that I can still compete out here on the tour”.
“When I was four down I just thought to myself ‘If you’re going to lose, you may as well go for everything, ‘” Singh said.
Peter Uihlein beat in-form 20-year-old Matt Fitzpatrick on the 19th while local player Richie Ramsay enjoyed a 4 and 3 win against Edoardo Molinari.
Scotland’s Marc Warren also progressed after beating Fabrizio Zanotti 3 and 2 and he was happy with his performance.
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But top seed James Morrison bowed out after losing 2&1 to Sweden’s Johan Carlsson, who faces compatriot Robert Karlsson next after the former European number one eased past Alejandro Canizares.
