DP World Tour caddie Scott Carmichael bags club title in Capital

Carmichael, who worked for Grant Forrest in the past but is currently on Frenchman Freddie Lacroix’s bag, landed the Baberton title by beating Matt Kaye 9&7 in the 36-hole final.

“As a result of my boss missing the cut in the Porsche European Open in Hamburg, I was able to make it home on the Saturday to play in the first round of qualifying, so that was quite lucky,” said Carmichael.

Three up at the halfway stage, he lost the opening hole in the afternoon before winning six holes in a row, including a burst of four straight birdies.

“I have really had any past success and I’ve not actually played in it that often,” added Carmichael, who is back at his day job this week in the Horizon Irish Open at Mount Juliet. “It’s quite hard with the job and getting three weekends off, but, overall, I played well throughout the week.”

As did Australian Lloyd Dunlop as he landed a first title triumph at Murrayfield, where he joined soon after moving to Edinburgh in 2016.

“Buzzing,” said Dunlop, a chartered accountant who works for tech company NCTech Imaging, of beating Alan Smith in the final.

“Leading up to the championships I’d been playing fairly well and the challenging conditions in the Dispatch Trophy the week prior was good preparation for the club champs.

“Upon seeing the draw I could see that if I was to make it all the way I would have to get past some tough competition, the likes of defending champion Grant Edkins (2020 & 2021 winner) and Stuart Thurlow.

“I went on to play progressively better throughout the week and played some great golf in the final to come out on top.”

Before moving to Scotland, Dunlop won the club championship at Duntryleague Golf Club in Orange, New South Wales.

“I won the 72 hole stroke play