Zane Scotland

Youngest ever Open qualifier

I ended up playing with Warren Bennett and a local pro Lee Thompson.

I knew Warren so it was good to have someone to chat to on the way round.

He had played in the Open as an amateur so that calmed me down a lot.

The next thing I knew the round was finished. At the time it was just another round of golf, well it wasn't because it was the Open, but you get into it.

I remember that Carnoustie was really hard that year and I was a few over after seven or eight holes.

I was thinking, 'you can't be this many over at the Open, it's not on.'

But there were a couple of my mates in the crowd and they told me there were a couple of the big names that had shot high scores too.

So I thought, 'well if they're struggling, I can just chill out.'

It was late the first day I played something like four o'clock.

It was a really long round and it was freezing cold. I had my wooly hat and waterproofs on towards the end.

There was no-one there by that time just a load of my mates and my mum and dad - it was good fun, almost like my own fan club!

Meet Zane

Open Qualifying

The big tee off

Getting round

Meeting Tiger

The Open is the biggest tournament in the world for me. It's where golf started and it's real golf. You have to guage the winds and the rain, how it feels to play with your hands numb from the cold Zane on the Open