LAWRENCE DONEGAN

'Lawrence Donegan' (born 13 July 1961, in Stirling, Scotland).Educated at St Modan's High and Glasgow University where his musical career began. He was the bassist in Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and The Bluebells (biggest hit, Young at Heart), who after leaving the latter group, became a journalist and an author. In between times he worked as House of Commons assistant to Brian Wilson MP. While in that role, he was part of a one-off band called the Stop Its that recorded an anti poll tax song of a similar name. It also included David Hill, later press spokesman for Tony Blair. He is currently a golf journalist for The Guardian, having previously worked at The Scotsman. He has held a post with the former publication since 2004, although he has been at the newspaper since 1994, being the Scotland correspondent from 1997 - 2004.
He has written five non-fiction books.

★ ''Four Iron in the Soul'' - the story of his year caddying for Ross Drummond, the 438th best golfer in the world at the time, also published as ''Maybe It Should Have Been A 3-Iron''.

★ ''Quiet Please'' - his experiences as a Ryder Cup steward.

★ ''California Dreaming'' - about the time he spent as a used-car salesman in the U.S.

★ ''No News at Throat Lake'' - working for a bi-weekly newspaper in a small Donegal village.

★ ''American Adventure'' - listed in several biographies with very little other information, likely to be an alternative title for ''California Dreaming''.