August 1, 2002
The Herald
The Diary: Hoots monsoon
by Ken Smith and David Belcher

FILM star Dougray Scott and Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave slogged their way through three rounds of golf at Skibo, Gleneagles, and Turnberry on Tuesday to raise more than (pounds) 100,000 for charity despite the monsoon weather. Says Dougray: "Every few minutes when it rained someone would shout over, 'Hey Steve! You should be in a boat. Ha, ha'." Yes, good old Scottish humour.

So serious were the two during the Sun Microsystems golf marathon that they played the last hole at Turnberry in the dark and in the rain. "You couldn't see the ball on the tee, far less the fairway," opined Sir Steve, who eventually lost to Dougray - a 10-handicap shark whose skills were honed as a boy in Glenrothes. Superhuman stain

Dougray Scott is, of course, a fanatical Hibs fan as well. One of his proudest possessions is a Hibs top given to him by fans-favourite Frank Sauzee after a rare Hibs European tie. It even had a splattering of Frank's blood on it after another do-or-die effort from the defender. Imagine Dougray's shout of horror next day as he stopped his kids' nanny just in time as she found the grubby top and threw it in the washing machine.

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