Sandy Scott to play in US Amateur as pro switch is delayed
Sandy Scott, Scotland's top-ranked amateur, has lined up a crack at this month's US Amateur Championship after seeing his switch to the professional ranks put on hold.
The Nairn man is among a small group of exempt Great Britain & Ireland players who have chosen to enter the USGA event, which is being played at Bandon Dunes in Oregon on 10-16 August.
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Hide AdScott, who sits seventh in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, had been hoping to be in the paid ranks by now after capping his amateur career with a Walker Cup appearance at Royal Liverpool last September.
But the 21-year-old has been forced into a re-think after season his planned 2020 schedule was thrown into disarray by the coronavirus, which forced an early end to his four-year stint at Texas Tech.