Scott’s MND Story | “I’m Three Down With Three To Play”

Currently, there is no known cure for Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and the average life expectancy following diagnosis is between two to three years.

The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation is one of the local charities that benefits from the money raised by The Renaissance Club Charity Foundation and the Genesis Scottish Open.

In 2023, Scott Stewart was diagnosed with MND and, after years of attending the Genesis Scottish Open as a fan, played the role of the Honorary Starter of the Pro-Am in a bid to raise awareness for the foundation and condition.
Scott joined professional Bob MacIntyre alongside the My Name’5 Doddie Pro-Am team featuring former Scottish rugby international Rob Wainwright, ex-professional footballer Scott Brown and actor Dougray Scott.

MND is not incurable, it’s just underfunded, and My Name’5 Doddie Foundation is committed to changing that.

To donate, please visit: https://myname5doddie.enthuse.com/donate#!/

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if I could trade everything that I’ve done in life to have that kind of normal life of a dad I would doing a hotbeat [Music] it’s a progressive condition this doesn’t happen overnight a year ago I was on a golf trip with uh some friends at the belfrey playing scratch golf that seems a bit of a dist memory one of the things I remember when Scott was born Dr Ary Wallace who is actually an ex captain of mahanes golf club delivered the baby and said he turned to me and he said oh you’ve got a we golfer there and I remember that to this day oh I remember that yeah once we were told that you were be golfer um we decided we better get you some golf clubs I I remember joining marcker golf club and uh being a part of the junior section there and regularly UH 60 70 boys and girls turning out on uh Friday to play golf and and just feeling that you were uh a part of something uh probably a few swings and misses but um just sort of being yeah really a a sort of normal wee boy um playing sports and and things like that but one of my earliest memories would be having a golf club in my hand imagine you’re being told you have a condition that on average will be the end of your life in two to 3 years m andd is my present take this do that drink up order another round live your life take off the bucket list I’m going to be a dad in the next few few days and I’m terrified but at the same time exited telling you about them because it helps me to acknowledge and accept them work in progress [Music] lot harder to read this than write them have to um okay these are my current mental health challenges telling you about them because it helps me acknowledge and accept them work in progress I’m doing just fine to have the opportunity to be involved in something related to The Genesis Scottish open is something very special and being quite sentimental I’ve kept programs from the uh tournaments that was at as uh youngster and even just um looking at these sort of brings back great memories of being a um the the tournament and um sort of getting my first taste of professional golf okay you too you know one of my best memories ever I saw your whole one amazing when you you’re wonder how yeah I I’ll tell you so you coming for a Qui come for [Music] a I’ll see you yeah for you next week thanks very much good to see you again how are you good yourself yeah no good morning everyone welcome to the Renaissance Club to help us get the first group underway we have Scott Stewart the Ambassador for my name’s doy Foundation one of the Charities being supported by the Genesis Scottish open my name is dy Foundation or uh an incredible bunch of people it was Dy we uh the Scottish rockby player he has um maybe more than anyone being the Catalyst to really thrust M andd and the M andd Community uh back into uh the spotlight his frustration about the focus being on the paliative care side of things rather than research and looking for a cure now that’s definitely people I want to be associated with people who are working to find a cure people who are working so in the future you me our children whoever it is does not have to sit here and have the same conversation for for re is not to so look back and re regret any anything that she couldn’t have done or that she wanted to do and you know I thankfully I could look back at my life and think that I don’t carry regrets um I don’t um think about I wish I’d done this or done that and living um the the way I’m am now I’m just thankful that I’ve got the opportunity to say something that maybe that I can see here and see something that will live with her maybe longer than I will as much as you can sit there and grieve for maybe a future that you thought you have you have to live in the present and do everything you can do right now because if you stop if I stop then I see that as the beginning of the end and I don’t think I uh I’m I’m ready for that even though I might feel like I’m uh three down with three to play we’ve not reached the 18th screen the final part hasn’t been sunk so you keep going going and you see what happens while you get there okay yeah okay [Music] to watch another DP world tour video click here and to subscribe click here