His victory in The 1999 Open Championship will forever be remembered as he came from ten strokes behind with a magnificent final round of 67 to book his place in the four-hole play-off, birdieing the final two holes to beat Frenchman Jean Van de Velde and the 1997 Open Champion Justin Leonard. He returned to Scotland for his next victory, in 2001, at the inaugural Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, holing a 40 foot birdie putt at the last on the Old Course which won that season’s European Tour Shot of the Year. Had to wait nearly ten years for his next victory, claiming the 2011 Open de Andalucia de Golf by Turkish Airlines by one shot. Worked as an assistant under the late Doug Smart in Banchory, near Aberdeen, and the club have now named the 14th hole after him. Made a superb Ryder Cup debut at Brookline in 1999, hitting the opening tee shot and claiming three and a half points. Awarded honorary law doctorate from Robert Gordon’s University in his native Aberdeen and made an Honorary Life Member of The European Tour, then awarded MBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Actively involved in promoting the game at grass roots through the Paul Lawrie Foundation.