The DP World Tour is often regarded as a travelling family and that sentiment is certainly shared by Hamish Brown.
Despite his Scottish sounding name, the 26-year-old is in good company as one of seven Danes in the field for this week’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
A graduate of the HotelPlanner Tour last year, Brown is another example in the long list of talent produced by the Nordic nation.
From shared dinners to shared practice rounds, life both on and off the course is made easier by the camaraderie that unites them and forges such a strong bond.
Whether it be an experienced DP World Tour winner like Lucas Bjerregaard or rising stars like Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Jacob Skov Olesen, Brown says the Danish contingent are akin to one big family.
“You are never really alone," said Brown during a practice round at Doha Golf Club.
"It’s rare that you eat dinner by yourself. It’s rare that you play by yourself in a practice round.
"I think that it's great. I think all of us get along pretty well.
"Obviously we are colleagues and competitors but we spend a lot of time together and it is mostly a good thing. It doesn’t drag us down and we try and help each other out as well."
It’s been a rapid rise for Brown over the last few years.
After earning promotion from the Nordic Golf League to the HotelPlanner Tour for 2023, he registered two top tens in his rookie season at that level before missing out on graduating from the Final Stage of Qualifying School.
After a series of middling performances at the start of 2024, he won twice in the space of three months on the HotelPlanner Tour in the Czech Republic and China.
A sixth top ten of the campaign at the season-ending Grand Final in Mallorca saw him finish fifth on the Road to Mallorca and with it gain promotion to golf’s global tour.
While Brown admits “everything is a little bigger”, he is feeling at ease in his new surroundings – reflected by some encouraging initial results on the 2025 Race to Dubai.
He was in the final group heading into the weekend at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, before a closing 66 helped him record a top ten at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship last month – a result that lifted him to a career-high 217th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Despite a first missed cut of the season last week in the Kingdom of Bahrain, there can be no denying he has a spring in his step ahead of teeing it up in Doha.
That sense of optimism is only strengthened by the knowledge he doesn’t need to turn far for support if required.
“Thomas (Bjørn) and Lucas (Bjerregaard) have been role models for me, because they are people that I have looked up to in my younger years,” he said.
“They have obviously seen a fair bit and I haven’t yet so I know I can always ask them if I need an opinion on something or advice.
“That is really nice to have. I think we’re really lucky to have that.”
While he may have started his journey on the DP World Tour with “not too many expectations”, he now has one specific goal in his sights – to be in the field for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
If a win comes then great, but consistency appears to be a source of focus.
“[Getting to Dubai] would be a great season in my mind, but that all depends on how I play,” he explained.
“I am just trying to do my best and see where it takes us but that would be a cherry on top.”
Whether that transpires remains to be seen, but one person who will be willing him all the way is his Scottish-born father Marcus.
“He got me my first plastic set and it has gone from there ever since,” he reflected.
“He is still a pro at Aalborg where I live and they [my parents] live.”
With his category not guaranteeing him entry into Rolex Series events, there is much that Brown is looking forward to experiencing.
It is perhaps only fitting that the Danish Golf Championship and Alfred Dunhill Links Championship are the two events he is relishing the most.
Starting with his national championship in mid-August and running through to the Genesis Championship in South Korea, don’t be surprised to see Brown take up every opportunity at his disposal to tee it up on the DP World Tour.
“I want to play every week,” he said. “It is going to be tough, but that part of the year is going to be really tough.”
Exciting times as they say, and Brown won’t be short of backing along the way.
