Kirkhill golfer Lewis Irvine hopes to give something back to the sport he loves after becoming Lanarkshire Golf Association’s first junior ambassador.
Irvine, 22, from Burnside, is the number one amateur in Scotland, is a Scottish international and Order of Merit holder, and felt that he was in a good position to offer advice to some of the region’s up and coming players.
He will meet the boys’ team at Hollandbush Golf Club on Saturday and take his new role from there.
Lewis, who is studying immunology at Glasgow University, said: “I’m pleased with the role. I thought about it for a while, and thought it would be good to give back to Lanarkshire Golf, who have given a lot to me over the years.
“I’m absolutely delighted to have been appointed.
“I know quite a few of the boys already, but it will be good to get them as a group and get familiar with one another.
“I think it will be good for golfers who are young and coming up.
“I’m probably five or six years ahead of most of the boys who have been through what they’re going to be going through over their coming years.
“I’ll address any questions, point them in the right direction, and point them away from the wrong direction as well, based on things that I experienced.
“It might not aid everyone, but if I can provide some help even for some of the boys then that’s ideal.”
Irvine’s amateur career is going well, also, and he says undergoing the immunology degree is to give him an option for later in life.
He said: “Last year I won the Order of Merit in Scotland, which is quite a big step up for me, but I’m at University of Glasgow, studying alongside my golf as well, and it’s all going reasonably well.
“I’m going to Spain in a couple of weeks as part of a Scotland team, they host a tournament every March in Sotogrande, so it’s going smoothly and hopefully we can keep it going in the direction it’s going currently.
“But I’m looking forward to this year coming, again.
“I’m studying immunology, which is really interesting, especially given what has been happening with the world over the past couple of years.
“I came out of school at Hutchesons’ Grammar in Shawlands, and sciences were always what I was interested in.
“I wanted to go to university and get a degree just on the basis that if the golf doesn’t work out it gives you something to fall back on.
“But I see university and golf as equal, there’s not one that takes precedence over the other.
“I’ve seen cases where people who are full-time are kind of fed up with golf, but if I’ve been at uni all day it gives me something to look forward to.
“It gives me a really good balance in life, I would say.”
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