Going through a painstaking five-year title drought, Scottish golfer Paul Lawrie hopes to finally end the losing streak and what can be a better option than doing it at the British Open and that too at his happy hunting ground of Carnoustie.
Lawrie played his best golf of life at Carnoustie back in 1999 when he bounced back from being 10 shots off the lead to force a play-off where he pipped Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard to walk away with the title.
However, titles were not easy to come by since then and Lawrie said though he fondly cherished the 1999 triumph, he is moving ahead.
He said
I don’t think about it every day but of course it’s always on my mind.
Whenever I struggled I used to get the video out but you move on, you’re not that player any more. Your game’s different, your swing’s different, your thinking’s different, so looking back isn’t such a good thing.
Lawrie’s last win on European soil came in the 2002 Wales Open but the golfer is not short on confidence this time. The golfer currently is positioned a dismal 123rd on the European Tour Order of Merit and his best show this season has been the tied 11th finish in Qatar.
