Actor Dougray Scott took time out of his busy schedule for a round of golf with our very own Di Stewart.
Actor Dougray Scott took time out of his busy schedule for a round of golf with our very own Di Stewart.
Scott has starred alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood and his acting credits include Hollywood blockbusters Mission Impossible II and Enigma.
However, the Scotsman revealed he only chose a career as an actor after accepting the fact he was never going to make it as a professional footballer!
Scott said: "I was about 15; I wasn't good enough to be a footballer, which is what I wanted to do, so I did a play at School and really, really liked it.
"I was quite quiet at 15 so it was a way for me to express myself in some sort of way. The words in plays really meant something to me. I studied an Arthur Miller play and fell in love with writing really."
Golf
His love for golf came much earlier though, and Scott revealed his father played a major role in his golfing education.
"My dad was a salesman for like thirty odd years and he would travel around Scotland and take me with him, especially in the summertime," he said. "So at the end of his working day - because it stays light until midnight in Scotland in the summer - we would go and play nine or 18 holes at all these golf courses.
"Golf in Scotland is very different from anywhere else in the world because everyone plays it and it's very accessible and very cheap."
"I kind of see golf as a very therapeutic exercise for me where I can really forget about everything else and really focus on the here and now.
"Which is kind of a really good philosophy for life too; enjoy it while you're here."
Charity
As patron of leukaemia charity Leuka, Scott will be hosting a golf day with a twist on July 14 at Duke Meadows golf course in Chiswick. He explained why it will be so different to most golf events:
"It's kind of like a summer garden party combined with a golf tournament and music," he said. "So there's going to a DJ, there's going to be a grand stand and pipe music.
"We're going to have signs which say noise please opposed to quiet, so we're trying to create a different kind of atmosphere at golf event, so it's not intimidating to people who don't particularly play a lot."
