Thursday, January 25, 2007


SGU SENIORS ORDER
OF MERIT EVENTS
(for over-50s) TO TEE
OFF IN NEW SEASON

Following last season’s success at the inaugural European Team Championships and the maiden home international victory at Dunbar, Scotland’s senior golfers have received a welcome boost to their game with the launch of a new SGU Seniors Order of Merit.
Four new championships - for men aged 50 and over - will complement the current Scottish and British Seniors Open amateur stroke-play events, and will be run by the newly established Scottish Seniors Golfing Society, in collaboration with the SGU who will administer the Order of Merit points system. The extension of the championship schedule will not only reap benefits for senior golfers who wish to increase their participation in competitions, it will also enable selectors more opportunity to view competitors and gain greater player knowledge in order to select potential recruits to the senior national squad.
The inaugural 36-hole stroke-play events will each take place over two days at four different venues in the North, East, West and Central Scotland and will conclude with a Seniors Order of Merit Finals day. The field of finalists will consist of the top 30 players who have accumulated the most points over the six events.
Scotland’s Seniors team captain Ian Hutcheon (pictured above), involved in founding the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society, commented: ‘These events will provide our experienced senior players who enjoy competing at the highest level greater exposure to competitions against other senior players in their sport and I would like to thank the clubs for their assistance in hosting the competitions."
He added: "Currently the age of competitors in the Scottish and British Seniors Championships and recruits to the senior national squad is 55 or over, whereas the four new events will target players aged 50 and over. This will not only boost entries to these competitions, but it will enable selectors to monitor the development and potential of players who may wish to represent their country over a greater time period.’
SGU Chief Executive Hamish Grey added: ‘The SGU is delighted with this development and is keen to ensure that golfers of every age and ability are given the opportunity to play the game to whatever level they choose.
"Following the senior team’s success at international level last season we are keen to support new competitions which will further the game and help us to build upon the highly successful season we enjoyed in 2006."
SGU Scottish Seniors Order of Merit competition schedule:

22-24 May
Scottish Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship - Drumpellier
28-29 June
Central Scotland Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship - Stirling
19-20 July
North of Scotland Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship – Nairn Dunbar
26-27 July
West of Scotland Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship - Hamilton
2-3 August
East of Scotland Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship - Monifieth
8-10 August
British Seniors Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship – Nairn & Nairn Dunbar
30 August
SGU Seniors Order of Merit Finals Day - Blairgowrie

+All the events bar the British Seniors Open Amateur Stroke-play championship, which is oranged by The R&A, will be administered by the new Scottish Seniors Golfing Society who will handle entries, etc.

The Scottish Seniors Golfing Society can be contacted at:
69 Russell Drive,
Bearsden,
Glasgow,
G61 3BB
Tel: 0141 943 0396

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