Calgary golf enthusiast ‘thinking about a trip to Scotland’ after $2M lottery win

Ray Born won the March 28 Western 649 jackpot with a ticket he bought at Tucker’s Food Store in Dover. (WCLC handout)

A Calgary man with a passion for sports says he may use a recent $2 million lottery win to take a trip to the birthplace of golf.

Ray Born won the March 28 Western 649 jackpot with a ticket he bought at Tucker’s Food Store in Dover.

Born says his usual routine on weekends is to wake up at 2:30 a.m. to watch sports and check his lottery tickets.

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“After that, I usually go golfing,” he said in a Friday news release. “That’s my morning ritual, and it definitely woke me up that day!”

Born says when he discovered the winning ticket, he immediately woke up his wife to tell her the good news.

“She said, ‘Surely you aren’t still going golfing now?!’” he said. “I said, ‘I sure am!’ – and I got an 84!”

Born says he’ll likely get a membership at a golf club and his own golf cart – as well as take a trip overseas.

“I’ve also been thinking about a trip to Scotland – that’s where golf was born! I’d love to golf there,” he said.

“We’re also retiring if we can manage it.”