Scotland’s Marc Warren and his fellow ‘older’ generation of Scottish-born golfers remain determined to remind their current young generation of compatriots they still have what it takes to win on Tour.
Warren, now aged 41, has just a handful of events remaining in his 20th year as a professional but the the four-time Tour winner showed he still has what it takes to remain competitive in finishing the leading Scot with his share of eighth in last week’s Spanish Open in Madrid.
Marc Warren reminding golf fans that the elder band of Scottish golfers still have what it takes to win on the DP World Tour. (Photo – European Tour)
Warren is still in Spain to be among 11 Scots teeing-up in today’s (THUR) starting Andalucia Masters on the Spanish Costa del Sol.
And ahead of the event the Glaswegian spoke of his delight in seeing the younger Scots winning but also his own desire to remain competitive.
He said: “When I came onto the Tour, I was among the younger generation and now we are all in our late ‘30s to early ‘40s.
“So, it’s great to see the current younger generation of Scottish golfers doing so well and spurring each other on.
“When I came onto the Tour guys like Paul (Lawrie), Stevie G (Gallacher) and other Scots were out here winning, so what they were doing helped inspire me.
“I won the Scandinavian Masters in ’06 and then Richie (Ramsay) won a couple of years later in South Africa, so we started to establish our own winning credentials.
“So, while the younger guys like Robert (MacIntyre), Ewen (Ferguson), Grant (Forrest) and Connor (Syme) are spurring each other on, they are spurring us on, as well.
“Us older guys also want to win more tournaments and we’re not out here just to make-up the numbers. We want to do well and it’s also only positive for all of us.
“No matter what age we are, we would not be turning-up each week and teeing-up on a Thursday if we think we couldn’t win.”
Among the ‘other’ older brigade of senior Scots competing this week are Scott Jamieson, David Drysdale along with Steve Gallacher and Richie Ramsay.
Jamieson has been in good form for much of the season producing three top-10s this year to be lying 58th on the money list while Dyrsdale was well in contention after two rounds in Madrid as he seeks a long overdue maiden Tour titel. Gallacher is still the reignign Hero Indian Open champion given the event has not returned to the schedule due to the Covid lockdown while Ramsay showed his competitive streak going so close to victory at this year’s British Masters before capturing some six events later, the Cazoo Classic.
Warren’s no stranger to this week’s tight, tree-lined host venue having made his debut on the Valderrama course in 2006 in the then season-ending Volvo Masters.
And at 96th on the Race to Dubai, Warren will be also keen in his remaining three events to cement his place among the top-60 to contest the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
