McArthur plays long game as Challenge Tour hits Cardrona
ANY of the golfers aspiring to make a name for themselves in the Scottish Challenge at the MacDonald Cardrona golf and country club near Peebles today will surely take heart from the example of last year’s winner, Robert Dinwiddie.
The former Walker Cup player has recorded no fewer than four top 11 finishes on his rookie season on the European Tour and even completed 72 holes at Torrey Pines this month when he finished 36th on his major debut at the US Open.
If the 25-year-old born in Dumfries – the Durham golfer regards himself as English – can make a splash in the big events less than 12 months after picking up the winner’s cheque at the Scottish Challenge, then another generation of hopefuls are entitled to dream of making similarly swift progress through the ranks. With a prize fund of 220,000 (£174,000) – the fifth largest purse on the Challenge Tour – the event has attracted a strong field with a number of Scots among those hoping to clinch victory.
