CRAIGMILLAR PARK OPEN ON THIS COMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
NEWS RELEASE
What do Sir Nick Faldo, Scott
Jamieson, Marc Warren, Steven O’Hara, and Lloyd Saltman all have in common?
The
answer is they have all won the Craigmillar Park Open.
Past
winners have included golfing legends and talented young guns. Names you will recognize
are Ronnie Shade, Charlie Green, Andrew Oldcorn, George McGregor and Craig
Watson.
This 72 Hole competition takes place over a fine parkland course
with breathtaking views across Edinburgh and out to East Lothian. Its inauguration
was 1961 and it is the annual opening event of the Scottish Order of Merit season, qualifying for world
amateur ranking points.
It is regularly attended by many of the leading amateur golfers in Scotland, Ireland and from across the border. Last year it even included
a player from Switzerland.
This year’s quality field will tee off from 7am on Saturday 13th
April and is limited to only 78 players.
Entry for places is based on handicap and the standard of entries has been so
high some years that qualification has been balloted at
plus 1 !!
Craig Watson was a winner in 1997 and later that year he won the
British Amateur at Royal St. Georges, Sandwich,
Kent beating Trevor Immelman in the final round by 3 & 2.
(Immelman later went on to win The Masters in 2008)
Craig commented following his win in Kent "I played the Sandwich final oblivious
to the fringe benefits but I got to play in the Open at Troon, the Masters and
also the Walker Cup at Quaker Ridge near New York”
Craig played in the 1998 Masters and was joined by a
young Matt Kuchar who had won the US Amateur.
When Craig arrived in Augusta that year the weather was unusually
cold and in the BBC coverage Craig was interviewed by Dougie Donnelly.
Craig said in the interview that if “he wanted to play in cold and windy conditions he could have just
entered the Craigmillar Park Open” putting the competition on the map.
Last year’s
2012 Craigmillar Park Open presented a closely contested fourth and final round;
the leading three man group were able to maintain their scoring success to
finish the competition with the top positions. Play was tight throughout, going
to last putts on the final green when Graeme Robertson was able to hold his
nerve and hole his par putt for a round of 67 and take the full honours on 267
(13 under). Finishing one shot behind on 268 was Craig Watson, whose final
round score of 64 (6 under) was the low score of the round. He was followed, a
further shot off the pace, by Allyn Dick on 269. One shot more on 270, and
equal 4th place, were 2010 winner Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) and course record
holder (60 - 2011) James White (Lundin).
Competitions like this don’t just happen without good planning
and organization and all involved are preparing for what they hope will be
another gripping competition in April.
Why not come along to Craigmillar Park and see golf’s future
stars up close.
The club welcomes visitors and entry will be free.
Catering will be available in the clubhouse each day.
See the Craigmillar Park Golf Club website for details of
directions.
http://www.craigmillarpark.co.uk/pages.php/how_to_find_us.html
The competition entry form can be found on the
Craigmillar Park Golf Club and S.G.U.websites and must be completed and sent
with the Entry Fee of £40.00, to arrive at the club no later than Friday 22nd
March 2013.
http://www.craigmillarpark.co.uk/files/documents/6247cbdc-6fa0-11e2-8ab8-bc305bd9eec9.pdf
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