BILL LOCKIE (North Gailes) - a sterling defence of Senior PGA championship.

Four Scots take on the big boys at

PGA Seniors Championship

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Four Scottish pros will aim to shine when they take on some of golf’s biggest names in the prestigious De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship next week.

Bill Lockie (North Gailes), John McTear (Mar Hall), Alastair Webster (Edzell) and Garry Harvey (Kinross Golf) – the man who engraves the winner’s name on the Claret Jug at the Open - will be up against a host of star players including former Ryder Cup captains Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam when they tee up in the £250,000 at Northumberland’s Slaley Hall from June 25-28.

The four qualified for the event, which is the longest-running tournament on the European Senior Tour, after finishing in the top 20 at the Senior PGA Professional Championship at Northants County last month.

Lockie, defending the title he won in 2008, mounted a sterling defence to grab the runners up spot behind champion George Ryall.

Sky Sports will televise the PGA Seniors Championship, which will be played over the Dave Thomas-designed Hunting Course.

The event remains one of the flagship tournaments on the Senior circuit and one of only two 72-hole championships on the Tour – the other being the Seniors Open.

Previous champions include Open Championship winners Max Faulkner, Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson, while Christy O'Connor lifted the PGA Seniors title no less than six times.More recent winners include defending champion Gordon J Brand plus Carl Mason and Torrance who are both chasing a third PGA Seniors title.

+Image above of Bill Lockie by courtesy of Tom Dulat at Getty Images