Oliver Morton will be flying the flag for Scotland at the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh Open Young PGA Professional Championship event later this month - even though he is English.
The 22-year-old from Sheffield is based at Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian having studied for three years at Stirling University.
Because of the huge distance involved in travelling - Morton is making a 680-mile round trip by road - he is the only player from a Scottish club to be entered into the event at Bull Bay on Anglesey.
There will be at least one Scot - Mark Henderson - in the field as he is based at Royal St David's in north Wales.
But for Morton, the chance to play in such a significant tournament was too good to turn down.
"I really want to get down there and see what it would be like to go and play in quite a big event. I'm looking forward to getting some experience," said the 22-year-old, who turned professional in October having graduated from Stirling with a BA with Honours in sports studies.
Morton, who played with US Amateur champion Richie Ramsay while the pair were at university, is not deterred by the long trek down to Wales and intends to go there full of confidence for the two-day tournament on April 24 and 25.
The tournament has attracted a strong field after Ryder Cup Wales increased prize money to £12,500 for the event, which Cardiff's Adam Constable has won for the last two years.
"I have got quite a lot of self-belief and I think I can go out there and play to the best of my ability. Two rounds of golf - it is anyone's game," said Morton.
"You have to respect some good players but you have to pit yourself against them to know where you stand in the grand scheme of things.
"It is an unknown quantity. I had a good few finishes playing as an amateur but not to the standard I would have hoped for.
"I want to go out there and compete. It is going to be a great experience."
On the six-hour drive to Anglesey he added: "I'm used to driving quite a lot all over the country. You have to do these things in order to get on."
Morton, who originally started playing golf aged 13 at Hillsborough "because I was keen on cricket and needed something to do in the winter", is lucky to have supportive bosses who are keen for him to gain as much experience as possible.
"Alasdair Good (head professional) and Ian Woodward are both very good to all of us," he said.
"If we want to play in a competition they are very accommodating as they are very keen to support me and other assistants to go and play as much as we can."
The tournament is the first on the national schedule and benefits from the support of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd.
Chief executive Rob Holt said: "This tournament is the first event in our 2008 Summer of Golf programme which provides a great opportunity to put Anglesey on the map and to showcase the surrounding area of North Wales.
"Golf clubs up and down the country are benefiting from hosting such events which contribute greatly to Wales' growing profile as an international golfing and tourism destination."