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SANDY PIPEY YOUNG MASTERS AT ROYAL DORNOCH
After a one-year absence, the final Scottish PGA Order of Merit event of the season for Trainees and Young Professionals returns to Royal Dornoch, with the staging of the Sandy Pipey Young Masters tournament over the weekend.
Due to the lack of a sponsor, the event did not take place in 2010.
However, thanks to hard work by club officials, a new backer has stepped in to ensure that the tournament which has a history of over 20 years, has returned to the schedule.
Formerly known as the Royal Dornoch Masters, the tournament has now been re-named the “Sandy Pipey Young Masters” in memory of a well-known and popular local caddie, who passed away recently.
The event gets underway on Saturday with two pro-ams, one of which is being staged in conjunction with Clubgolf and enables six teams of local youngsters the opportunity to practice and play with a professional, before the more serious business of the 36 hole competition begins on Sunday.
Likely contenders for the top honour include Dunbar’s Neil Fenwick, runner-up in each of the three previous Young Professionals' Order of Merit tournaments in 2011, Graeme Brown from Montrose who will not be unfamiliar with the type of game required around a links course and Edinburgh’s Mark Kerr, who shot a remarkable 60 in winning the Aberdour Pro-Am earlier this year.
The prize-fund for the event is guaranteed to be a minimum of £6,000, but with Royal Dornoch holding a fund-raising raffle and auction following Saturday’s play this may increase further.