It started with a miss-hit off the first tee but Grant Forrest got himself back on the straight and narrow to march to a commanding win in the Scottish Amateur Championship at Royal Dornoch yesterday, writes Nick Rodger.
Three weeks after his father, Graeme, lost his battle with cancer, the 19-year-old from Craigielaw secured an emotional triumph with a 9 and 7 defeat of Bearsden's Richard Docherty in the 36-hole final to record the biggest margin of victory in the SGU's flagship event since Colin Montgomerie demolished Alasdair Watt 9 and 8 at Nairn 25 years ago.
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