THE LIFE OF RYAN
If you knew nothing else about him, the fact that he grew up in St Andrews would pique your interest in Ryan Lumsden.
If you were told that he was a member of junior Scottish national squads, played off a scratch handicap at St Andrews Golf Club (where he is still a member), and was secretary of his university golf team as part of a promising amateur career before completing an honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Strathclyde, you would acknowledge his considerable understanding of the great game.
If you then knew that he had at some stage worked with no less than 10 major champions and 11 World No.1 amateurs across national programs in 11 institutes of sport and 15 different countries around the world, you’d be impressed.
If you were told he spends around 25-30 weeks per year travelling interstate or to various parts of the world as part of his mission to partner top coaches in assisting talented players reach their lofty goals, you’d wonder at his stamina.
And if you were aware that his esteemed colleagues and friends have described him variously as brilliant, kind, brutally honest, hard-working, a devoted husband and father, eccentric, generous to a fault, innovative, unassuming, an intellectual with a surprising sense of humour and, um, a dour Scot, you’d be intrigued.
Welcome to the life of Ryan.
“Ryan’s got a skill where he can see things that I
