Andrew Herd Scott was a Scottish professional golfer.

Scott tied for seventh place with fellow countrymen Ben Sayers and David Brown in the 1896 Open Championship.

His third and fourth round total of 157 was four shots better than what the great J.H.

If not for the difficulties he encountered in the first two rounds he certainly would have finished much higher on the final leaderboard.

At 72 years, 360 days he remains the oldest known competitor in the Open Championship.