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TO NATIONAL SUCCESS AT FOREST PINES


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Two old friends will look to raise their games when they head the Tartan Tour challenge in the Skins PGA Four-ball Championship at Forest Pines next month.
PGA pros Craig Everett, of Glasgow’s Caldwell club, and Stewart Savage, of Dalmuir, have been best friends for 20 years and will team up for a tilt at the 54-hole final which takes place at the Lincolnshire course from October 6-8.
The pair, who were the leading Scottish qualifiers at Musselburgh back in August, have already tasted success together having won last year’s PGA Scottish Region's Fellowship Fourball Matchplay Championship at Gleneagles.
But the duo admit they will need to be at their best to claim the £5,000 first prize with several of the 2009 Great Britain and Ireland PGA Cup team in action including Paul Wesselingh and former European Tour player Jeremy Robinson.
“You can see by the standard of the finalists that it’s going to be very competitive. You’ve only got to look at some of the well-known names who will be taking part,” said Everett who returned to Caldwell in 2007 after being an assistant there 15 years previously.

“We targeted this event because we’d won the Scottish PGA Match Play last year and thought we stood a good chance of qualifying.

“This is a format of golf that we both enjoy and one where the pressure can be taken off you.
“It’s not like individual tournament golf, there’s someone else to rely on.

“I don’t get the chance to play so many tournaments now because of club duties which has meant my priorities have changed but Stewart plays a bit more than me so hopefully he’ll be in good form and we can give it our best shot.”

Also qualifying from Scotland were Craig Imlah (Peebles) and Ross Harrower (Boat of Garten).

The popular 54-hole event is being sponsored for the first time by Skins – a market leader in compression and therapeutic sportswear – and carries a £5,000 first prize for the winning pair.
"Sponsoring the PGA Fourball Championship demonstrates our long-term commitment to golf," said David Ling, Skins general manager for the UK and Europe.
"We are very excited about the tournament and look forward to meeting the PGA professionals who contest it."






Competitor draw for the Championship final at Forest Pines can be found under ‘Schedule, Scores and Results’ at http://www.pga.info/PGAFourballChampionship.aspx