HUEY LEWIS, of 80s rock band Huey Lewis and the News was full of praise for Nick Dougherty after playing three rounds with him in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland last week.
Lewis contributed two net eagles on day three of the event at Kingsbarns but he and Dougherty fell one shot short of making the cut that would have seen them play the final round on the Old Course at St Andrews.
“This week has just been off the charts, and now I’m a huge Nick Dougherty fan as he is such a great player and what potential,” he said at Kingsbarns, one of the three host venues along with St Andrews and Carnoustie
“He played so good on the last couple of days to just miss the cut by one with a bogey at the last, and that was so heart-breaking that it makes me glad I don’t have to do this for a living.
“In playing these links courses and playing alongside the pros means trying to keep an even keel all the time, and you can never say ‘die’.
“An example of that was Nick shooting 78 at Carnoustie on the first day and he told me that his highest round at Carnoustie before that was a 71.
“If it was one of us, we would have given up, but not him as Nick bounced back and shot a 68 on the second day at St Andrews and a 67 at Kingsbarns.
"That’s a lesson for all golfers."
Lewis and his band were one of the most successful rock music bands of the 80s. The Power Of Love and Hip To Be Square were their two most popular hits and their 1983 album Sports sold more than 10 million copies in the USA alone.
Songs from the album also featured in the 1985 hit movie Back To The Future. And to highlight his love of golf, Lewis followed with an album entitled Fore.
Lewis was making his third appearance in the championship, playing alongside Dougherty, who won the individual event in 2007.
“There’s nothing like the links golf courses we played, because they’re real golf courses,” he added.
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