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    Texas Tech golfer Calum Scott wins lowest amateur tournament at British Open

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    Texas Tech golfer Calum Scott set the bar high for himself in his first major championship appearance.

    Scott finished as the lowest amateur in the British Open on Sunday. Playing at Royal Troon, 214 miles from his home in Nairn, Scotland, he made the cut by shooting 71-75 on Thursday and Friday, then 70-76 over the weekend.

    “The Open in Scotland, winning the silver medal, sounds pretty cool,” Scott said in an interview posted on HeraldScotland.com.

    Since 1949, the tournament’s lowest amateur has been awarded a silver medal if he completes all 72 holes. Previous silver medal winners include Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose.

    “Right now I feel like I’m on cloud nine,” Scott said. “It’s a really special feeling to be in the same breath as those guys and win the same thing they did. It’s unbelievable, obviously. It’s one of the highest honors you can win as an amateur golfer, and to be up there with those names is really special.”

    Xander Schauffele won by two strokes for his second major championship of the year. Schauffele shot 7-under 65 in the final round to finish at 9-under.

    Scott finished 43rd overall, in an 8-over group that included five-time major champion Brooks Koepka. Scott was even par through 10 holes of the final round before making five bogeys in a series of seven holes.

    Schauffele praised Scott during the awards ceremony after the round.

    Schauffele held the claret jug, turned to Scott, nodded and said, “Congratulations Calum Scott. Great game. I know you’d like to play better, but you’re still a low man this week and I wish you the best of luck in your final year at Texas Tech.”

    Among the other amateurs, Scott finished three strokes ahead of Tommy Morrison, who plays for Texas, and Jacob Skov Olesen, who played one year at Ranger College, three years at TCU and last season at Arkansas.

    Scott has been a fixture in the Texas Tech lineup for the past three years. During the 2023-24 school year, he has finished sixth or better in four tournaments, including second-place finishes at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. He led the team in stroke average (70.9), rounds played (41), rounds par or better (27) and rounds in the 60s (14).

    He will be a senior with the Red Raiders next school year.

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