Michael Stewart

Stewart.

Yeah, you started from Michael Stewart.

Michael Stewart.

That was just incredible, wasn't it?

unbelievable at the dunhill um obviously grabs whether he finished t5 or t6 i can't remember now it was that long ago no i was not t4 it was t4 it might have been it might have been so does that has obviously often invite um you know michael's been a bit of a journeyman pro plays obviously a lot on the tartan pro tour has an absolute week he you know what i really like actually he was getting interviewed after, I think it was Iona Stephen.

missed the cut it might have been a different story but

yeah

it was brilliant and obviously Gregor Monks who is a coach nearby as well we know Michael Stewart does a lot of work with Gregor we've spoke to Gregor before about potentially making an appearance on the podcast but he does a lot of work with the Tartan Tour boys absolutely Ross Callan actually one of the boys at Bathgate has recently went to see him so yeah shout out to Gregor Monk he's obviously doing something right there

Last week, the Tour concluded its 2026 season at the Gleneagles PGA Centenary Course.

Prior to the tournament, one of the big stories involving a player on the Tartan Pro Tour was Michael Stewart's and his excellent performance at the Dunhill Lynx on the DP World Tour.

During the week before the season finale event on the Tartan Pro Tour, Stuart played a Tartan Pro Tour event Monday to Wednesday, finishing in second place, then played the Dunhill Lynx on a tournament invite, finishing tied fourth and earning the opportunity to play the next week on the DP World Tour out at the Open de España, and having the chance to improve his standing on the DP World Tour, with the potential of playing more golf there.

His other option of play for that week would be to partake in the Tartan Pro Tour final event at Gleneagles, looking to secure a top two spot on the season's Order of Merit and gain promotion to the Hotel Planner Tour for the 2027 season.

He had two wins, eight top tens, and a tied third place at the Scottish Challenge on the Hotel Planetour, an event he gained an invite to based on his Order of Merit standings earlier in the 2026 season.

Final top 10 standings for the 2026 season Tartan Pro Tour was first place and winning the order merit on 24,990 points was John Vogelpohl with 15 events played, 2 wins and 8 top 10s.

2nd place and rounding out the top 2 players that gained promotion to the Hotel Planner Tour for the 2027 season was Michael Stewart with 18,045 points.

14 events played, 2 wins and 3 top 10s.

And some can be later, some can be earlier.

You know, you look at a great example last week, Mikey Stewart finished high up in the Dunhill.

Mikey's there at six.

He's not.

Um, let's see, 0 for 3 as far as the nationality picks last week.

In Scotland, uh, Michael Stewart, who, uh, I, I guess, I guess he's been balling out on, I, I don't know, the, the Scottish mini tours.

Uh, before last week, Michael Stewart hadn't played a DP World Tour event since 2023.

Last week was his third DP World Tour start over the last decade, and he comes out to the Dunhill a- and takes top Scot, beating Bobby Mac by one.

So, um, you know, I, I don't know what to say about that.

Uh, what, what was Michael Stewart top Scot going into last week? Had to have been, had to have been 50 to 1 Impressive showing.

We'll see what he does at Q-School this winter.

Alex Noren, uh, we had at 28 to 1.

He did the double too because he also won the team element of the Dunhill Links alongside Keen frontman Tom Chaplin.

Uh, Tommy Fleetwood was in a tie for fourth, alongside Scotland's Michael Stewart.

And I'm sure, Martin, y- you'd like to say a few words about it because he played three days of Tartan Pro Tour

TourAnd then went straight to St. Andrews, played at the Dunhill alongside some of the best stars of European golf, and finishes in a tie for fourth.

Mm.

20 years ago, Michael Stewart was the boy wonder in Scotland.

He won the Scottish Boys Championship, he won the Scottish Amateur Championship, played in the 2011 Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen against a, an American side that included, uh, Spieth, uh, Cantlay, uh, Russell Henley-

Wow

Just kind of like a, a really nice player that's just been around and has slowly been leveling up his career.

He's kind of one of those guys you look at and you're like, "Well, that guy's probably gonna win at some point." And then he goes out-

Looks the part

... [chuckles] you know.

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PGA Tour U graduate is playing-

A number of our guys out there.

For sure.