MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE NEW SGU
SENIORS TOUR
FOR OVER-50s
By Colin Farquharson
Some snippets of information about the SGU Seniors Order of Merit amateur tour which will be launched in the new season.
Gordon MacDonald (Callander), pictured right, Scottish seniors champion the year before last, told me before he set off for a three-week break in Spain that:
+Each event would be over 36 holes.
+Each field would have a ceiling of 140 players.
+Entry fee for the events under the SGU jurisdiction would be £25.
+Apart from the Scottish seniors championship and British seniors championship which are over 54 holes, each tournament would be held on a Thursday and Friday.
+Players not old enough to play in the Scottish and British seniors championship will be able to play in the 36-hole events on the SGU Seniors Tour .... if they have reached their 50th birthday but there will not be a 50 to 55 years category in the prize lists.
+There will be seven handicap and seven scratch prizes at each event.
+Entries will be accepted from players with handicaps up to and including 12.
+Top voucher prize for the overall winner will have a value of £150.
+The SGU are sending out information packs to all the competitors who took part in last year's Scottish seniors championship.

Scottishgolfview.com hopes to contain regular news from the new SGU Seniors Tour including draws and the scores at the end of each day's play.

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