Kenny Smith/Press Association, via Associated Press
Brandon Stone remembers two things from his final round at last year’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open: putting his tee in the ground on the first hole and sitting in the scoring tent at the end of the round, talking to his parents on FaceTime.
“When I was on the 18th green, I had no idea where we stood,” he said. “That was when my caddie let me look at the scoreboard. We went out there with the mentality of playing a Sunday afternoon round with your mates.”
That relaxed approach helped him shoot a 60, missing a putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in the record books with a 59.