THOSE of you who keep a keen eye on the amateur game will no doubt be aware of Connor Graham. By plenty of accounts, the 16-year-old from Blairgowrie is the best thing since some bloke took a knife through a loaf and started dishing out slices to the awe-struck, slackjawed masses.
As the managing secretary at Blairgowrie Golf Club, Stuart Wilson is well aware of Graham’s abundant talents. Wilson is also the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup captain, so we are presuming that if he doesn’t pick Graham for September’s match against the USA at the Old Course, he’ll get chased down Blairgowrie High Street by a rampaging mob of furious local members brandishing 5-irons and pitch forks. “There will be no nepotism,” chuckled Wilson.
Graham was included in the initial training squad from which the majority of the 10-man team will be chosen. His victory in last year’s R&A Junior Open underlined his considerable potential but Wilson knows that there is plenty of golf to be played before we can start getting all giddy about him becoming the youngest ever Walker Cupper.
