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The 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie is personally sponsoring one of the United Kingdom’s largest Junior Golfer events this year fuelled by a desire to “give something back” to golf.
The 42-year-old Aberdonian is supporting the Scottish Boys Championship which sees the top 256 young golfers across the country line up in the middle of April.
"It's the biggest event in the country for under 18s," Lawrie told BBC Scotland."I was blown away by how big it is when I went to watch my son play in Dunbar last year."
Lawrie will be able to impart 25 years of golfing experience at the highest level to the next crop of future stars, and he’s hopeful for the future of the game.
"I would like to think we would see a lot better players coming through than Paul Lawrie," he said."I've been lucky enough to have a very good career but if we can try and help people to be better than me - that's what we want to do."
The Scottish Golf Union runs the event and chairman Douglas Connon is delighted to have the backing of the last Scot to win a major.
"Paul Lawrie is a superb ambassador for Scottish Golf," said Cannon. "How he conducts himself on and off the course makes him a great role model for young sportsmen and women."
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