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Scott Philen Sayers Jr. (born May 11, 1952) has served as Ben Crenshaw's agent and business manager since 1985. In addition he is Executive Vice-President for Business Development for Coore & Crenshaw, a golf course architecture company formed in 1986.

Sayers is also serving his 7th year as chairman of the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas and serves as the co-executive director of the Austin High Alumni Assn. (43,000 alumni). In 2003, the West Austin Youth Association named a little league baseball field (Scotty Sayers Field) to recognize his years of service to the organization. Sayers served on the board of WAYA from 1996 to 2002, and served one term as president. He also created the West Austin Youth Assn. golf tournament which raised over $200,000 for the facility and fields, which serve over 5,000 youth annually in Austin.

Scott Sayers was born in Fort Worth, Texas and moved to Austin in 1962 when his father went to work for newly elected governor John Connally. He attended Casis Elementary, O.Henry Jr. High and Austin High School ('70) before receiving a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas in 1974. While in college he worked for eight years in various capacities at the State Capitol and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.

In 1974, Sayers moved to Dallas and began a real estate career which lasted until 1981. At that time he moved back to Austin where he and his wife, Julie bought Texas State Directory Press a boutique publisher of Texas government reference books that was first established in 1935.

In 1977, Scott Sayers formed the Frank Sinatra Society of America, which he ran until 1982, building a worldwide membership of several thousand members in 50 states and 13 countries. He traveled around the country following the career of Frank Sinatra and attending more than 250 concerts. In 1982, Sayers collaborated with Ed O'Brien, a reknown Sinatra expert, to write THE SINATRA SESSIONS. The book quickly became a valuable reference tool to Sinatra archivists and collectors. Sayers and O'Brien followed up with a 1992 publication, SINATRA-THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC; THE RECORDING SESSIONS OF FRANK SINATRA 1939-1992. This book received rave reviews from Jazz Times, Billboard Magazine and Larry King, and was nominated for an ASCAP award (losing to a Dean Martin biography).

In 1985, he was approached by childhood friend, professional golfer and two-time Masters champion, Ben Crenshaw to handle his business affairs. By 1987, Sayers was also serving as his agent and remains in that position today.

Scott Sayers is has been married to high school sweetheart Julie Ferguson Sayers since 1974. They have two daughters, Samantha (1980) and Charisse (1985) and continue to live in Austin, Texas.