SCOTTISH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS'

CHAMPIONSHIP AT WEST LOTHIAN

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE PGA SCOTTISH REGION
The West Lothian Golf Club will be hosting the Scottish Young Professionals Championships next week, from Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th September.
This will be the first time 72 hole event has been held at West Lothian, and the par-71 course will set a testing challenge for the field of 90 Trainee Professionals, which features some of the best young players in the country.
Defending champion and former Walker Cup star David Patrick, now attached to Elie, will be one of the favourites, but despite the event clashing with the first stage of the European Tour School qualifying round at Dundonald, he will not be without strong competition.
Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) and Chris Currie (Caldwell) have recent victories to their names, while Gareth Wright (West Linton) finished as runner-up in a 36-hole event at Dumfries last weekend.
Dunbar’s Neil Fenwick has been in good form all season and can’t be discounted, and nor should Royal Dornoch’s Greg McBain, Young Professionals Champion and Order of Merit winner in 2008.
There is no shortage of local interest with Ross Neill now at Drumpellier Golf Club but a former assistant at West Lothian in the field, along with Ian Stoddart (Uphall) and Pumpherston’s Alan Mackay.
Heather MacRae (Downfield) is the only female in the field.
Play will get underway at 8am each day with the last matches teeing off at 12.30 for the first two rounds, before a 36 hole cut which will see the leading players play two rounds on the final day.
Entry for spectators is free.


Notable tee-off times for round 1 (Tuesday 14 September)


8.00 Ross Neill (Drumpellier)
9.12 David Patrick (Elie) Neil Fenwick (Dunbar)
9.48 Stephen Lamb (Broomieknowe) Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links)
10.15 Heather MacRae (Downfield)
10.42 Chris Currie (Caldwell)
11.09 Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch) Gareth Wright (West Linton)