SCOTTISH DISABILITY GOLF'S COMPREHENSIVE 2014 FIXTURE LIST

NEWS RELEASE FROM
www.sdgp.org.uk
This year Scottish Disability Golf is celebrating its tenth year of operation and organising golf, golf training and competition for its members.  
With over 900 members in Scotland and other disabled golfing nations across the world, the SDGP has organised its most comprehensive fixture list of clinics and games.
Starting in April with a two-day event in Edinburgh and concluding in early October with a three-day competition in St Andrews, the charity will stage The Disabled Open Championship, plus three Team Scotland Ryder Cups and, many single-day games, and is the outlet to over 30 other international events and competitions.
Peter Osborne, the SDGP Chair and a blind golfer, said, "We have taken our time in expanding the golfing opportunities for our members.  There is no point in throwing all our efforts at one project or one fund-raising target.
"What we have done is built on the fantastic good will that Scottish golf clubs and governing bodies have offered and introduced people gradually to the game.  
"Also, what is quite unique to the SDGP is that any profit or sponsorship goes directly to all players or beginners to the game and we subsidise entry fees too."
The SDGP is governed and operated by disabled people and is the only group in Scotland which actively encourages and involves anyone of any age, with a disability, who wishes to learn about or play golf and includes people with physical, sensory and/or intellectual disabilities.
Jim Gales, the SDGP Secretary said, "Our members will travel extensively during 2014 and have been invited to play in over two dozen Open and team events across Europe, the USA and Asia, but one of the highlights of the 2014 season will be the Phoenix Cup event in the USA.  This is a Ryder Cup format game between the Rest of the World and the North Americans.  
"The North American Disability Golf Partnership was created just last year, by the SDGP and is already expanding across the continent to bring together both established disabled golfers and beginners to the game".

You can view some of our members at a Clinic at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnFQHRG4dQ 
 
The 2014 golfing season begins in Edinburgh with a two-day event at the Pumpherston and Swanston Golf Clubs, on April 9-10 and will conclude after some 40 days of organised golf, in October, with a three-day event at St Andrews, with the SDGP's third Open of the year and conclusion to its Order of Merit Championship, being played on the hallowed turf at the 'Home of Golf'.
A full list of the SDGP's 2014 fixtures can be found at
http://www.sdgp.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=15589
A selection of members' profiles can be found at
http://www.sdgp.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=15610
 
The Phoenix Cup Disabled Ryder Cup event will be played at the Virgin River Resort, Mesquite, Nevada from October 16-23, with teams made up of golfers from over a dozen countries, including, Holland, Scotland, Greece, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, England and Ireland.
 
The newly formed North American Disability Golf can be found at
http://www.nadgp.com/index.html

James Gales MBE
Secretary
Scottish Disability Golf Partnership
38 Crawley Crescent Springfield
Cupar Fife Scotland KY15 5SF
T: +44 (0) 1334 650963 M: +44 (0) 7903 596552

The SDGP is a Registered Scottish Charity SC 041000 www.sdgp.org.uk