Henry, who represents Clydebank and District Golf Club, secured his card to play on one of golf’s satellite tours, which he hopes can lead him onto the Challenge Tour and ultimately to the big time of the European Tour.

The 22-year-old flies out to Egypt on February 14 to start a three week stint there which will see him compete in three tournaments.

With the top five players in the end of year Order of Merit moving to the Challenge Tour the motivation is there for Henry to have a great 2015, and he thinks he is playing well enough to make an impression.

He told SportScene: “I got my full card for the Alps tour at the tour qualifying in December and La Cala in the South of Spain. I finished 19th there and that got me my full card for 2015.

“To finish in the top five of the Order of Merit and move up to the challenge tour, that would be great but if I finish anything inside the top 30 I would be pretty happy with that.

“I think it is realistic compared to my performance last year. I would need to play some really good stuff to finish in the top five.

Golfing ability runs in the family, John’s older brother Scott will play on the European Tour this year. John believes having a player of his brother’s level to practice with and offer advice has helped him in his bid to reach golf’s top level, although friendly sibling rivalry is never far away.

He said: “Scott’s six years older than me. I was always trying to chase after him. Now it is getting a lot closer between us than it has been.

“I managed to take money off him at the golf last week.

“Its good because recently we’ve been practicing together. Not many people can practice with someone who is already playing on those tours. He tries to help me out as much as he possibly can.” Pursuing a career as a professional golfer is a costly business.

John’s trip to Egypt will be the first of many flights he takes in a year which will see him play on courses in Italy, France, Tunisia, Spain and Austria among others.

Henry admits that he wouldn’t be able to compete in the sport he loves if it wasn’t for the help he receives from sponsors — including new sponsor ESI Scotland — but he tries hard to block out any financial implications when he is playing.

He said: “It adds a bit of pressure. But I’m working with a pyschologist and we’re trying not to put pressure on the financial side of things.

“You need to be out there to play anyway and if you are thinking it has cost me this much to be out here that is not going to help the way I play on the course, it will only make me play worse.

“The golf club give me a golf day every year, this will be the fifth year its on Friday, August 21.

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