COLIN GILLIES RETIRES FROM TARTAN TOUR AFTER 27 YEARS

                   COLIN GILLIES .. Action image by courtesy of Andy Forman
E-mail from Colin Gillies

My 2011 season came to an end today at the Scottish PGA Championship.
It has been a very frustrating and disappointing year with a combination of injuries and poor form, which has resulted in me losing my exempt status on the Tartan Tour for the first time in 25 years.
Honouring a promise I made to myself and my family a few years ago, I have decided to call time on my playing career.
I know http://www.scottishgolfview.com/  is well viewed by golfers all over Scotland and I wanted to take the opportunity to say thanks and best wishes to all the many friends I have met and enjoyed spending time with on the course over the years.
I hope I can use the experience and knowledge I have gained to help my pupils while teaching at Kingsfieldgolf.com.

Best Regards
Colin Gillies

Colin Farquharson writes:
Colin Gillies, born August 1, 1966, first came to prominence when, playing out of Falkirk Golf Club, he won the Scottish boys' championship at Dunbar Golf Club in 1983. He beat Calum Innes (West Kilbride) at the 38th in the final.
Gillies turned professional the following year and since then hd scored 125 wins on the Tartan Tour, winning 11 Order of Merit tournament and topping the Scottish PGA Order of Merit table in 2001.
He won the Scottish professional championship for the first time at Dalmahoy in 1995 and won it again in 1998 at Newmachar.
During the 2011 season, Colin became the first player to top the £500,000 mark in career tournament earnings in PGA Scottish Region events. It will be a long time before that mark is beaten.