ROYAL SETTING FOR DM HALL SCOTTISH MID-AMATEUR
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society in Edinburgh provides a grand setting for the 2009 DM Hall Scottish Mid-Amateur Championship which tees off this weekend (13 – 15 June).
With a handicap ballot of just 2.1 the field is the second strongest ever assembled for the event, which was won twelve months ago by Edzell’s Ross Coull at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire. Coull takes his place in the 78-strong line up aiming to become just the second golfer to win consecutive national Mid-Amateur titles, with last year’s runner-up John Mitchell (Fraserburgh) also making the journey south to the capital.
Arguably the leading golfer in the field is ex-Tartan Tour professional Jim White (Leven Thistle) who lines up in the draw alongside two other former members of the paid ranks in Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) and Steven Armstrong (Turnhouse). All three men have now regained their amateur status with White – whose son James lifted the Scottish Boys title in 2006 – still one of Scotland’s lowest handicap golfers at plus 4.1.
Former Scotland, Celtic and Southampton footballer Paul Telfer will look to go one step further than Dundonald last year where he missed out on a place in the last knock-out stages by just a single shot, whilst another former Scotland internationalist – this time at shinty – John Fraser will be aiming to make home advantage count and build on an impressive third spot (tied) at the recent Scottish Seniors Championship.
The Championship takes place over three days, with 36-hole stroke play qualifying on Saturday and the leading sixteen aggregate scores qualifying for the match-play stages on Sunday. The semi-finals tee-off on Monday morning with the Final in the afternoon.
One of the SGU’s longest serving partners DM Hall sponsor the championship for the ninth year and Marketing Manager Emma Strachan is looking forward to the event:
“DM Hall is very proud of our association with the Scottish Golf Union which goes back to the late nineties, when we sponsored junior golf. The DM Hall Scottish Mid-Amateur Championship is a great event for us, giving an opportunity to leading club golfers who don’t pursue the game as a full-time career.”
“The firm supports golf both nationally and locally in tandem with our office presence across the country and we are committed to supporting the game at grass roots level.” she added.
For a full copy of the draw, please visit http://www.scottishgolf.org/
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society in Edinburgh provides a grand setting for the 2009 DM Hall Scottish Mid-Amateur Championship which tees off this weekend (13 – 15 June).
With a handicap ballot of just 2.1 the field is the second strongest ever assembled for the event, which was won twelve months ago by Edzell’s Ross Coull at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire. Coull takes his place in the 78-strong line up aiming to become just the second golfer to win consecutive national Mid-Amateur titles, with last year’s runner-up John Mitchell (Fraserburgh) also making the journey south to the capital.
Arguably the leading golfer in the field is ex-Tartan Tour professional Jim White (Leven Thistle) who lines up in the draw alongside two other former members of the paid ranks in Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) and Steven Armstrong (Turnhouse). All three men have now regained their amateur status with White – whose son James lifted the Scottish Boys title in 2006 – still one of Scotland’s lowest handicap golfers at plus 4.1.
Former Scotland, Celtic and Southampton footballer Paul Telfer will look to go one step further than Dundonald last year where he missed out on a place in the last knock-out stages by just a single shot, whilst another former Scotland internationalist – this time at shinty – John Fraser will be aiming to make home advantage count and build on an impressive third spot (tied) at the recent Scottish Seniors Championship.
The Championship takes place over three days, with 36-hole stroke play qualifying on Saturday and the leading sixteen aggregate scores qualifying for the match-play stages on Sunday. The semi-finals tee-off on Monday morning with the Final in the afternoon.
One of the SGU’s longest serving partners DM Hall sponsor the championship for the ninth year and Marketing Manager Emma Strachan is looking forward to the event:
“DM Hall is very proud of our association with the Scottish Golf Union which goes back to the late nineties, when we sponsored junior golf. The DM Hall Scottish Mid-Amateur Championship is a great event for us, giving an opportunity to leading club golfers who don’t pursue the game as a full-time career.”
“The firm supports golf both nationally and locally in tandem with our office presence across the country and we are committed to supporting the game at grass roots level.” she added.
For a full copy of the draw, please visit http://www.scottishgolf.org/
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