Who’ll be the last man standing when the 120th Amateur Championship concludes this coming Saturday at Carnoustie?
More importantly, will he go on to greatness?
Maybe not, if past history is anything to go by.
Winners of the Amateur Championship haven’t always lived up to expectations. Such are the vagaries of match play golf that sometimes the player who lifts the prize isn’t always the best among the 288 entrants.
A look at recent former winners shows a mixed bag of those who found professional success and those who never really went beyond the fame of winning The Amateur.