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Mid-amateur golf has never really caught on in Britain (mainly because the minimum age limit is 25 and it should be 35: The Editor). A year or two ago, the R&A did away with the British mid-amateur championship.
But there is an entry of 144, including three Scots (Paul Moultrie, Colin Matthews and James Deas) for the European mid-amateur championship at Marbella on Spain's Costa del Sol from June 4 to 6. They also have a waiting list of 41 players, including another Scot, Gordon Walker.
It should be added that the European Golf Association do have a 35 years minimum age requirement. Good for them!
Entries close next week (Thursday, May 14) for the D M Hall Scottish mid-amateur championship at Royal Burgess GC, Edinburgh from June 13 to 15. Around 34 entries on the SGU website at the last check.
Ross Coull (Edzell), pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, will be defending the title.
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