The first two Qatar Masters, in 1998 and 1999 were both won by Scottish golfers- Andrew Coltart (1998) and Paul Lawrie (1999).
Scottish players have a wonderful tradition of producing winners on The European Tour. Here is a list of Scots and the number of tournaments they have won since 1972:
Colin Montgomerie - 28
Sam Torrance - 21
Sandy Lyle - 18
Bernard Gallacher - 10
Brian Barnes - 9
Gordon Brand Jnr - 8
Paul Lawrie - 5
Ken Brown - 4
Andrew Oldcorn - 3
Andrew Coltart - 2
Stephen McAllister - 2
Gary Orr - 2
Scott Drummond - 1
Alastair Forsyth - 1
Stephen Gallacher - 1
Adam Hunter - 1
Dean Robertson - 1
Raymond Russell - 1
Norman Wood – 1
TOTAL SCOTTISH PLAYERS TO HAVE WON A TOURNAMENT – 19
TOTAL WINS - 118
The 2004 winner, Sweden’s Joakim Haeggman matched the tournament record for the biggest final day winning comeback – two shots, first created by Adam Scott in 2002. Courtesy of a final round 65 (-7), Haeggman won by one shot from Japan’s Nobuhito Sato.
The biggest final round comeback by a winner in European Tour history is ten shots. They are:
Jamie Spence at the 1992 Canon European Masters - Spence won in a play-off against Anders Forsbrand of Sweden
Paul Lawrie at the 128th Open Championship in 1999 - Lawrie won in a play-off against Justin Leonard and Jean van de Velde.
