R&A BURSARS’ TOURNAMENT
WIDENS APPEAL

Students from several European countries will be eligible to compete in The R&A Bursars’ Tournament, to be played at St Andrews, over 36 holes on the Old and Eden Courses on April 4 and 5.

The tournament is open to individual bursars and also to students at universities running golf programmes supported financially by The R&A Training Panel. Total annual expenditure on student golf currently exceeds £300,000.
This year, for the first time, the winning man will be offered a place in the European side to compete in the Palmer Cup against the US at Caves Valley, Maryland on 7 & 8 June.

The Palmer Cup is an annual match played alternately on either side of the Atlantic and now supported financially by The R&A. At Prestwick last year, Europe recorded a convincing win, 19½ - 4½, in a successful defence.
For the winning woman in the Bursars’ Tournament, there will be a place in the pro-am immediately preceding the Women’s British Open, to be played for the first time over the Old Course, St Andrews in August.
“We have been delighted with the development of university golf and our annual Foundation Bursars' Tournament. These additional opportunities demonstrate the standards now being achieved which will help to raise golf's profile within university sport,” said Alison White (pictured above), Golf Development Officer of The R&A.
“The R&A is particularly indebted to the Ladies’ Golf Union for generously donating a place in their Open Pro-Am; a gesture that underlines the strong working relationship that exists between our two governing bodies.”