Sean bags historic title with win against father Bragging rights secured after a unique showdown at local club
Sean Davidson came out on top against dad Malcolm in a tight battle at Craigie Hill Growing up he used to carry the bag around the golf course on finals day.
But now Sean Davidson has the bragging rights following a historic Club Championship victory over his dad at Craigie Hill.
Eight-time champion Malcolm (46) was hot favourite to add further silverware to the trophy cabinet in what was a first father-son final at the club.
Against the odds, however, Sean who plays off of a handicap of three - held his nerve to record a one-up win following 36-holes of quality golf.
Sean (20) said: “The first thing I thought was to try and stay in the game for as long as I could. I never really thought I could do it.
“Nobody knows me better than my dad does. We’ve played before and he got the better of me that time.
“We’re so used to playing together as father and son - but to also play as opponents was a little bit strange, but good fun. I thought before we played that the game would have had a relaxed feel to it. But it wasn’t. We both wanted to win and bragging rights were on the line.
“We were recently looking at videos when we used to go up to the driving range, back when I was about three years old.
“I must have got the membership at Craigie Hill when I was six or seven. We would always go out for nine holes.
“Then growing up he would play in club championship finals - and I would be the caddy!
“I’ve gone from caddy to the winner so I need to thank him for helping me getting to where I am.”
Sean realises his dad has helped him rise up the golfing ranks – and that’s why he hasn’t been going overboard with dishing out the stick.
“I’ve been careful about giving him too much stick,” Sean said.
“We’re just back from being on holiday together so the subject did come up. But I’ll let him off and don’t want to hurt him too much.
“Over the last few years I’ve been getting there. He is obviously still the best player but I’ve been trying to close the gap. Thankfully I did it on this occasion.
“It’s my first win but I’ve got seven more to go to catch up with dad. I’ll just enjoy this one for now.
“He’s going to want to get back at me at some point. Hopefully I can keep up with him because I know he’ll stick around for a few more years.”
The former Perth High School pupil will be looking to bring his handicap down further across the summer. But enjoying the game is top priority.
He added: “I’m just enjoying myself out on the course. I’m at Stirling University so play quite a bit through there.
“I’m always trying to improve and if you can do that you will enjoy golf more.”
I’ve gone from caddy to winner so I need to thank him for that