The funeral of one of Scotland’s leading golf coaches has taken place at Dundee Crematorium.
Elliot Rowan was a member of Clydebank and District Golf Club as an amateur before serving his PGA training under John Jacobs at Sandy Lodge in Hertfordshire. Mr Rowan’s other attachments included clubs in Germany and the Netherlands, Billingham and Douglas Park in Bearsden.
He held coaching posts with the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association before becoming involved in the golf programme at St Leonards School in St Andrews.
Callum Macaulay, who was Scottish amateur champion and was also part of the first Scottish side to win the first Eisenhower trophy, worked with Mr Elliot when he was 14 and paid tribute to his former coach.
He said: “Elliot was the first real coach I ever had. He was a lovely guy and, even in the latter stages of his life, he would still stand and watch me hit balls whenever I was in St Andrews. He is a big loss to the Scottish golfing world.”
