"IF I CAN HELP THEM (listeners), IT WILL HELP ME TOO"

JOHN DALY TO HOST NEW US RADIO

SHOW ON VARYING TOPICS 

FROM GOLF.COM

 By Ryan Lavner
His playing career fading, John Daly will head behind the microphone for a new six-part series on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio.
The show, scheduled to debut in December, will be called “Hit It Hard with John Daly.”
Daly, now 48 and winless on the US PGA Tour since 2004, has dabbled in other off-the-course pursuits in recent years, from singing to course design to fashion (or whatever category Loudmouth falls under). 
He is already encouraging potential listeners to weigh in on topics other than golf, including … relationships?
“I’ve been through pretty much everything a man can go through,” Daly told Golf.com. “If I can help them, it will help me too.”
His show will appear on XM channel 93, Sirius channel 208. 

Sporting offer from company promoting Portugal's attractionsual's

SEE LISBON FOOTBALL DERBY AND 

PLAY TWO ROUNDS OF GOLF

NEWS RELEASE

Golfers with a passion for football are being offer a golf break in Portugal golf break to remember, including the chance to see the Lisbon derby on Sunday, February 8 between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica – one of the biggest club rivalries in world football.

"Orizonte–Lisbon Golf" is offering lovers of both sports the unforgettable chance to enjoy a three-night stay in a four-star hotel in the city, two rounds of golf around the Portuguese capital and a ticket to the Derby de Lisboa for just €345 per person. (approx £287).

EDITOR'S NOTE: That price does not include the cost of a return flight to Lisbon.

One of the most famous local derby matches in football, the Sporting Lisbon v Benfica rivalry dates back to 1907 and people will have the chance to see a galaxy of international stars when the match takes place on Sunday, February 8, 2015.

In addition to watching the game, the must-have break for golf and football lovers features 18 holes of golf at two of the finest courses in Lisbon’s Costa Azul region, Quinta do Peru Golf and Country Club – host of several European Challenge Tour events – and Ribagolfe, dubbed the ‘Valderrama of Portugal’.

Three nights’ bed and breakfast hotel accommodation is also included in the ‘Derby and Golf Weekend in Lisbon’ package together with transfers to and from the golf courses, with prices based on two people sharing a twin room.

Launched earlier this year, "Orizonte–Lisbon Golf" offers the chance to play some of the leading courses in close proximity to Portugal’s capital together with exceptional value for money on a wide range of accommodation options across the region.

In addition to Quinta do Peru Golf and Country Club and Ribagolfe, which offers two outstanding 18-hole courses, Aroeira features two championship lay-outs including Aroeira I, venue for the Portuguese Open in 1996 and 1997.

Golfers can also enjoy the 7,000+ yards challenge at Santo Estevão, while the extensive practice facilities available across the venues help make ORIZONTE the ideal option for individuals and groups looking to book a stay, play-and-learn package.

For more details on the ‘Derby and Golf Weekend in Lisbon’ and for a full list of ORIZONTE – Lisbon Golf’s packages, email info@orizontelisbongolf.com

NOVEMBER 18 to 23 AT VILA SOL GOLF CLUB

ALGARVE LAUNCHES ‘GOLF4ALL' WITH
 

NEW DISABLED GOLF OPEN

NEWS RELEASE

The Algarve, one of Europe's leading golf destination, will mark the launch of its new ‘golf4all' campaign by hosting a new international disability golf tournament later this month.

Europe's leading impaired golfers will compete in the European 

Disabled Golfers Association (EDGA) Algarve Open - where 

the winner of the 2014 EDGA Premier Series Order of Merit 

will be crowned - at Pestana Vila Sol, November 18-23.

Among those players scheduled to appear are Cédric Lescut of 

Belgium, who turned pro in 2002 after having the lower part of 

his right leg amputated; Manuel de los Santos of the Dominican 

Republic & France, who before having his left leg amputated 

was a top-level basketball player, and Spain's first ever 

wheelchair golfer, Sebas Lorente.

Also taking part are Monique Kalman, a Dutch paragolfer who 

has also won Paralympic gold in tennis; former Paralympic 

skiers Nino Ouraboh and Martijn Wijsman; and French amateur 

Charles-Henri Quélin who has +2 handicap and plays with a 

fused right arm.

The event will be a centerpiece of the Algarve Tourism Association's (ATA) new ‘golf4all', which seeks to showcase the Algarve as a fully-inclusive tourism attraction for golfers of all ages and abilities and for tourists from across the globe.

www.visitgolfalgarve.com

SCOTTISH GOLF TOURISM GALA NIGHT AT ST ANDREWS

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                              The Kingsbarns behind-the-scenes team take a bow.

KINGSBARNS WINS 'SCOTLAND'S BEST 

EXPERIENCE' AWARD

NEWS RELEASE
Kingsbarns Golf Links has won the prestigious accolade of ‘Scotland’s Best Golf Experience’ at the inaugural Scottish Golf Tourism Awards.
The Fife venue, which was recently confirmed as the host of the 2017 RICOH Women’s British Open, received the prize during a glittering bash at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews on Friday evening.
The award, voted for by Scottish golfers in an exclusive online poll, was one of 14 gongs handed out on the night, which celebrated the crème-de-la-crème of the Scottish golf tourism industry.
Collecting the award, Alan Hogg, the chief executive of Kingsbarns Golf Links, commented: “This is fantastic, I’m genuinely shocked. I have to say a massive thanks to everyone who voted for us and well done to all of my staff for all of their efforts. What we do isn’t rocket science: we just try to look after our customers to the very best of our abilities, so I’m very proud to accept this award on behalf of everybody at Kingsbarns Golf Links.”
The director of the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards, Tom Lovering, added: “Kingsbarns Golf Links is a fully deserving winner of this lofty accolade. Having visited myself many times in the past, I can vouch for the quality it delivers across the board. From the customer service to the friendliness of the staff, the quality of the course and the superb catering, it epitomises everything that makes the experience of playing golf in Scotland not just good but truly great.”
Organised in conjunction with VisitScotland, bunkered magazine, the PGA in Scotland and the Scottish Golf Union, the evening was hosted by top broadcaster Alison Walker and was the culmination of a summer-long campaign which attracted over 21,000 votes.
As well as Kingsbarns’ victory in the top award on the night, another of the highlights was the Special Recognition Award handed out to Peter Lederer, the chairman of 2014 Ryder Cup host venue, Gleneagles Hotel. Europe’s victorious captain Paul McGinley and 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus were amongst those to pay tribute to Lederer via video-link on the evening.
The ceremony brought the curtain down on what has been an unforgettable year for Scottish golf, highlighted by the hugely successful return of the Ryder Cup to Scotland in September – the first time that the match was contested in the game’s home country in over 40 years.
Mike Cantlay, Chairman of VisitScotland, said: “Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists at the inaugural Scottish Golf Tourism Awards. It was fantastic to see such a great turnout and the quality of golf businesses nominated is indicative of the wealth of world-class courses and accommodation providers we have here. I was also delighted to see a spread of winners from across the country, showing that wherever you go in Scotland, golf is at the heart of the tourism industry.
“We have our history to thank for our position as Scotland, the Home of Golf but it is the hard work and dedication of the entire golf tourism industry which helps to maintain this reputation across the world.
“There is no doubt that 2014 was a momentous year for golf tourism in Scotland but it is incumbent upon us all to continue that momentum and continue to welcome the world into 2015 and beyond.”
2014 SCOTTISH GOLF TOURISM AWARDS
WINNERS IN FULL
PGA in Scotland ‘Coach of the Year’
Alan McCloskey
SGU & SLGA ‘Commitment to Customer Focus’
Aberdour GC
Best Hotel (under 20 rooms) Old Loans Inn
Best Hotel (over 20 rooms) Fairmont St Andrews
Best Customer Service Dundonald Links
Best Pro Shop Blairgowrie GC
Best Clubhouse Trump Turnberry Resort
Best Catering Gleneagles Hotel
Value for Money (Under £50) Glenisla GC
Value for Money (Over £50) Trump Turnberry Resort

Best Course (Under £50) Boat of Garten GC
Best Course (Over £50) Kingsbarns Golf Links
Special Recognition Award Peter Lederer
Scotland’s Best Golf Experience Kingsbarns Golf Links

AYRSHIRE WINTER GOLF ASSOCIATION

Tee times for the Ayrshire Winter Golf Association competition at Western Gailes on Wednesday:
 

TEE TIME	MATCH NO.	NAME	CLUB
WESTERN GAILES			WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
		David Fleming	Prestwick G C
8.30	1	Allan Todd	Prestwick G C
		Alistair Brown	Archerfield
8.35	2	Kevin McCann	Vale of Leven G  C
		David Knapp	American Golf
		Iain McNab	Dundonald Links
8.42	3	Peter Mackie	Milngavie G C
		Graham Fox	Clydeway Golf
		Callum Beveridge	West Kilbride G C
8.51	4	Paul Gallagher	Prestwick St Nicholas G C
		Bruce Lyle	Western Gailes G C
		Nick Walton	Glasgow G C
8.58	5	Allan Paterson	Glasgow G C
		Gordon Clark	Irvine G C
		Chris McManus	Kilmarnock  (Barassie) G C
9.05	6	Robin Slater	Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C
		John Lappin	Portland, Troon
		Alastair Forrow	Whitecraigs G C
9.12	7	Tom Rogers	Caldwell G C
		Ian McConnochie	Western Gailes G C
		Derek Watters	Gourock G C
9.19	8	John Rushbury	Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C
		John Watt	St Cuthbert
		Blair Harvey	Scottish Golf Academy
9.26	9	John Freestone	Bellisle G C
		Raymond Christian	Glasgow G C
		Steven Maxwell	Eastwood G C
9.33	10	Cameron Glennie	Kilmarnock  (Barassie ) G C
		Alistair Kerr	Kilmarnock Barassie G C
		Paul Moultrie	Royal Troon/ Western
9.40	11	Niall Lamond	Balmore G C
		Drew Waddell	Glasgow G C
		Craig Ronald	Carluke G C
9.47	12	Ron Punton	Kilmarnock Barassie G C
		Steve Banks	West Kilbride G C
		Keith Ross	Beith G C
9.54	13	Peter Thomson	Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C
		Jim McEwan	Elderslie G C
		Allan Johnston	Glasgow G C
10.01	14	Gerry Smith	Royal Troon
		David Wordsworth	Irvine G C
		Jason McCreadie	Buchanan Castle G C
10.08	15	Blair Anderson	Royal Troon
		Ian McLarty	Royal Troon
		Scott Garrett	Fereneze G C
10.15	16	Alistair Connell	Cawder G C
		Peter j Boyd	Glasgow G C
		David-Ross Nicol	Dundonald Links
10.22	17	Joe Devlin	West Kilbride G C
		Eric Ewart	Royal Troon
		Paul Robinson	Largs G C
10.29	18	Colin McLatchie	West Kilbride G C
		Graham Haugh	Glasgow G C
		John Matthewman	Kilmarnock (Barassie G C
10.36	19	George Jenkinson	Cathkin Braes G C
		George Higgins	West Kilbride G C
		Jonny Mullaney	Unattached
10.43	20	Bill Rae	Kilmarnock (Barassie G C
		Reg Short	Kilmarnock (Barassie G C
		Joe McBrearty	Haggs Castle G C
10.50	21	John Cameron	Cathkin Braes G C
		Bill McMahon	Irvine G C
		Campbell Elliott	Haggs Castle G C
10.57	22	Scott Miller	Royal Troon
		Harry Miller	Royal Troon
		Michael Patterson	Kilmacolm G C
11.04	23	Frank Craig	Hamilton/Cawder
		Tom McGill	Glasgow G C
		Bob Collinson	Bishopbriggs D R
11..12	24	Colin Peddie	Kirkintilloch G C
		Robert Arnott	Bishopbriggs D R
		Steve Forrest	East Kilbride G C
11.20	25	Jonathan d'Aguilar	Glasgow G C
		Liam McGuigan	East Kilbride G C
		Paul Wilson	Cawder G C
11.28	26	Peter Miller	Dundonald Links
		David Robertson	Cochrane Castle G C
		Graham Forbes
11.36	27	John Jones	Royal Troon
		Alex Robertson	Cowal G C
		Stephen Wilson	Greenock G C
11.44	28	Brian Lamb	Irvine G C
		George Hanson	Rothesay G C
		Stephen Gray	Hayston G C
11.52	29	Steven Shaw	Loch Lomond
		Fred Hallsworth	Western Gailes G C
		Martin Pottinger	American Golf
12.00	30	Mark Lironi	Cathkin Braes G C
		Tom Harwood	Kilmacolm G C

LINDRICK PRO SETS PACE WITH A 69 AT ESPICHE

SCOTS TRAIL ON ALGARVE

Scots Mark Hillson and Ted Innes-Ker are trailing leader B T Smith (Lindrick) at the end of the first round of the second event on the new Algarve Pro Tour.

Yorkshireman Smith shot a three-under-par 69 at the Espiche course, near Portimao, with the help of birdies at the second, 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th to lead by one from another Englishman, Harry Casey.

Hillson is joint 13th on 77 while Ker is sharing 16th place on 78 in a field of 32. The competition is over 36 holes with 2,000 euros going to the winner.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 72

69 B T Smith (Eng)

70 H Casey (Eng)

72 M Eichmeir (Ger), D Dixon (Eng)

73 C Hinton (Eng)

SCOTS' SCORES

77 M Hillson (T13)

78 T Innes-Ker (T16)

ends

GERMAN PGA DEVELOPMENTAL TOUR TEES OFF IN JANUARY

2015 EPD Pro Golf Tour wil tee off in Egypt

FROM THE TOUR WEBSITE 

The 2015 season of the German PGA's Pro Golf Tour will start in Egypt. 
With the Red Sea Egyptian Classic January 13 to 15 and the Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic January 19 to 21, two tournaments are scheduled at the Sokhna Golf Club in Ain Sokhna on the shore of the Red Sea.

The 2015 season of the Pro Golf Tour will offer more than 20 tournaments again and a total of over 600,000 euros prize money. With the two tournaments in January in Egypt the tour will, for the first time in its history, start in Egypt. 
The 27-hole resort course at Ain Sokhna is hosting the start of the tour for the third consecutive year and players can expect perfect weather conditions and a two challenging tournaments on an excellent golf course.

Ken Benz from Switzerland and Englishman Max Orrin are the defending champions. Up to 90 players of the Pro Golf Tour will tee off at both events in Egypt.
Registrations can be made from now on, travel information is abvailable as a PDF document >>>

FOURTEEN SCOTS FALL AT STAGE 2 HURDLE

BOOTH, STEWART, KELLETT ONLY 

SCOTS TO REACH  FINAL Q SCHOOL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Only Comrie's Wallace Booth, Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) and Motherwell man Ross Kellett (Kingsfield) of the 17 Scots entries have qualified for the European Tour Final Qualifying School over six rounds at PGA Catalunya, beginning on Saturday.
Only the leading 17 or 18 at each of the four Stage 2 venues in Spain qualified. Booth made it through in joint fifth place at El Saler with a six-under-par 282 total.
Kellett and Stewart tied for eighth place on the 16-under-par 272 mark at Panoramica.
Kellett's seven-under-par 65 was the best last-day round by a Scot - and it enabled him to improve from joint 21st overnight into the qualifying zone.
In contrast, Dunbar's Neil Fenwick, within the qualifying zone at the start of the day at Lumine, shot a two-under-par 70 in the last round but that did not stop him slipping down to joint 25th alongside George Murray on six-under 278.
Other non-qualifying Scots included Scottish amateur champion Chris Robb (Meldrum House), Northern Open champion David Law (Paul Lawrie GC), the Saltman brothers, Elliot and Lloyd, from Archerfield, and Jack Doherty, Jamie McLeary, Scott Borrowman, Scott Drummond, Raymond Russell, Alexander Culverwell and Paul Shields.
The leading 25 and ties at the end of the six-day Final Q School endurance test will gain playing rights on the 2015 Euroepan Tour. 

+SCROLL DOWN PAST THE SCORES TO VIEW THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE'S OVERALL SUMMARY OF THE DAY

EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL
Stage 2 at four Spanish venues
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
+top 17 at El Saler, Panoramica and Lumine advance to Final Q School beginning on Saturday. Top 18 qualify from Las Colinas.

EL SALER (Valencia)
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Garry Houston (Wal) 70 71 71 65
278 Sebastian Soderberg (Swe) 73 72 65 68
279 Simon Griffiths (Eng) 72 69 69 69

SCOTS' TOTALS
282 Wallace Booth 73 68 69 72 (T5)
NON-QUALIFIERS
289 Jamie McLeary 74 73 71 71 (T24)
290 Jack Doherty 70 74 75 71 (T27)
291 Elliot Saltman 77 70 76 68 (T30)
300 David Law 71 76 71 79 (T60)

LAS COLINAS (Alicante)
Par 284 (4x71)
267 Chris Paisley (Eng) 66 66 69 66
270 Nicola Ravano (Ita) 69 68 67 66, Sam Walker (Eng) 68 63 66 75

SCOTS' TOTALS
NON-QUALIFIERS
278 Raymond Russell 68 70 71 69 (T20)
283 Alex Culverwell (am) 66 73 74 70 (T41)
284 Chris Robb 69 72 69 74 (T46)
288 Paul Shields 74 71 70 73 (T59)
294 Scott Drummond 7u4 72 71 77 (T68)

LUMINE (Tarragona)
Par 284 (4x71)
266 Ricardo Gouveia (Por) 67 64 64 71
267 Julian Kunzenbacher (Ger) 66 66 66 69

SCOTS' TOTALS
NON-QUALIFIERS
278 George Murray 71 69 70 68, Neil Fenwick 72 67 69 70 (T25)

PANORAMICA (Castellon)
Par 288 (4x72)
266 Matthew Southgate (Eng) 66 69 64 67
267 Toby Tree (Eng) 66 67 65 69

SCOTS' TOTALS
272 Ross Kellett 71 68 68 65, Duncan Stewart 75 63 67 67 (T8)
NON-QUALIFIERS
279 Doug McGuigan 68 70 71 70 (T31)
283 Lloyd Saltman 73 67 68 75, Scott Borrowman (am) 68 71 75 69 (T51).

TO VIEW THE TOTALS AT ALL FOUR VENUES (on right hand side of European Tour Qualifying School page)

CLICK HERE 

PLAY-OFFS PROVIDE THE REAL DRAMA

OF Q SCHOOL STAGE 2 FINAL ROUND
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Chris Paisley won his Second Stage event of The European Tour Qualifying School at Las Colinas Golf and Country Club with a five under par last-day round of 66, which took the Englishman to 17 under in total. 
At this Spanish venue, 18 players progressed to the Final Q School.
Those 18 spaces where hotly contested and a four man play-off ensued for the remaining three spots when Englishman Matthew Cort, Dane Christian Gloet, Australian Geoffrey Drakeford and German Sebastian Heisele all finished in tied 16^th position on seven under par.
Heisele and Gloet progressed in 16^th and 17^th place respectively, birdieing the second and third play-off holes, while it was Cort who missed out as Drakeford birdied the fourth play-off hole, capturing the last qualifying spot in the process.
In the corresponding event at Panoramica Golf and Sport Resort, Englishman Matthew Southgate leapfrogged his compatriot Toby Tree with a five under par 65 to steal first place on 22 under par. However, again the real drama unfolded lower down the leaderboard on 13 under par as a sudden death six-man playoff ensued for the remaining spaces.
After a tense battle, it was South African amateur Zander Lombard who took the 15^th spot and Dane Jeff Winther the 16^th. Gary Lockerbie then proceeded to hold his nerve to take the 17^th place with a par three on the fifth play-off hole.
Elsewhere, Welshman Gary Houston stole the show at Campo de Golf El Saler, firing a seven-under 65 to win the event.
But as with the other events, the real action came at the cut off for progression; Dane Daniel Løkke and Englishman Chris Lloyd hung on to take two of the last three qualifying places, where they were joined by Norwegian Espen Kofstad, who leaped up four positions to snatch qualification on two under par.
Meanwhile, at Lumine Golf and Beach Club, Portuguese whiz Ricardo Gouveia completed his qualifying campaign with a rock steady level par 71  to stay at 18 under and advance in the  pole position.
A quartet of four players, consisting of France’s Guillaume Cambis, Englishmen Garrick Porteous and Nathan Kimsey and American Wes Homan, all shared the last progression spaces at nine under par.
Across the four venues, a total of 69 players qualified to the six-day Final Stage which takes place at  PGA Catalunya Resort in north-east Spain  where the top 25 players plus ties will earn their playing rights for The 2015 Race to Dubai.

SCOTTISH JUNIOR TOUR REPORT, SCORES

EWAN WHEAT SCORES LOCAL SUCCESS 

AT MONIFIETH'S ASHLUDIE COURSE

FROM WALTER BURNS
Here are the results from the Scottish Junior Golf Tour event at Monifieth on Sunday on the wonderful Ashludie course. A beautiful November day allowed for some great scoring from the juniors. 
It was a level 2 and 3  event. Local Angus boy Ewan Wheat had the best score of the day with a three-over-par 71. Scott Souter  won the Under 12 category with 77.
LEADING SCORES
Under 14
71 Ewan Wheat (Royal Montrose)
73 Craig Jackman (Dunblane)
78 Liam Kirkham (Troon Welbeck)
81 Jack Lockhart (Pitreavie)

Under 12
77  Scott Souter (Elie)
80  Roddy McCauley (Fereneze)
84  Aamar Saleem (Ladybank)
88  Sebastian Sandin (Dunblane)
 
The handicap prize was won by Scott Hasell (Strathendrick) with a nett 60.
Craig Jackman won the putting skills competition.

Next event is on Saturday, November 15, Tour School Year 2, at Elmwood.


Walter Burns

Scottish Junior Golf Tour

Mob: 07951 103 827

Email: walter@scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk

Web: www.scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk

PERTHSHIRE CLUB'S ENTERPRISE PAYING OFF

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Club Professional Mark Pirie, Neil Panton, 4 year old member Daniel Kearney and Club captain Ron Bell watch John Swinney MSP tee off at the opening of the Academy in May.

Pitlochry Golf Academy Reports New Dawn 

for Young Players

NEWS RELEASE

Pitlochry Golf Club is celebrating a watershed year for its young players, with officials believing the new Golf Academy will produce even more in future.

The course has just undergone its biggest ever development with a six-figure investment giving it the best facilities in Highland Perthshire.

Now the state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence, opened in May by John Swinney MSP, has borne its first fruit.

Part of the supporting finance from Sportscotland was predicated on the club’s ambitious annual targets for developing elite youngsters. 

At the inaugural Perth and Kinross County ‘Race to Kingsbarns’, Pitlochry boasted a quarter of all the junior boys qualifiers, with three in the top five, including overall winner, Stewart Burns.

Grant Stewart, the reigning county boys' stroke-play champion, was fourth at Kingsbarns, with John Cowan finishing fifth. 

Both Burns and Cowan have also represented the Perthshire at U-16 level.

Furthermore, since elements of the Academy have come on-line, the club has also secured both the boys' and men's county championship titles. 

Officials believe that the investment made will one day help Pitlochry produce international players, justifying their decision to build.

Club Captain Ron Bell said: “Our junior section is actually relatively small so it is great what we have achieved this year at the top level.

“Because we have the new facility and the fact we had some surplus funds, we were able to offer juniors extra winter coaching, including video analysis, and the players were well prepared before the season started.

“With the Academy on board, I believe we will go from strength to strength now. We have a  generation of young ones coming up behind these players and they will benefit from this group’s success.

“Stewart Burns, for example, only joined because his first club didn’t have an active junior section.  In his first full season of training and playing here, his handicap dropped dramatically and the hope is that he will go to the next level, perhaps with the Scottish elite squads or whatever.” 

Race to Kingsbarns Tournament Director, Douglas Cleeton, praised Burns for his performance in winning the tournament.

The player also plays at Blair Atholl and was their men's club Champion.

“Like all those who took part, Stewart remained committed throughout. He worked hard at the Pitlochry facility to improve and develop over the year and his achievement was utterly commendable.”

Pitlochry Golf Club’s new facility includes a driving range with six indoor and five outdoor bays.

Teaching bays, a short-game practice area and the new six-hole Lettoch Links course means junior players can practise all aspects of the game, all year round.

Web: http://www.pitlochrygolf.co.uk/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pitlochrygolf

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PitlochryGolf

Additional Information

• Pitlochry Golf Course was designed by famous golf architect of the day, Willie Fernie of Troon, in 1908 and opened in 1909.

• Famous names to play the course have been Harry Vardon, Walter Hagen, Max Faulkner, Bob Charles and John Panton.

• The course sits amid spectacular highland Perthshire scenery, with excellent views over the Tummel Valley, Craigower and Ben Y Vrackie.

• Part of the course lies on a site of historic interest, with the outline of an ancient Pictish fort clearly visible.

• There is an abundance of roe deer, otters and birdlife nearby and the picturesque town of Pitlochry was once described as the ‘Switzerland of Scotland.’

• Pitlochry Golf Estate provides luxury 4-Star self-catering accommodation at Drumchorry Cottage and Upper Balghulan.