ST ANDREWS LINKS AMATEUR STARS ASSEMBLE TO 72-hole HIGHLIGHT
NEWS RELEASE
Final preparations
were underway at the Home of Golf today as the best amateur golfers
from around the world prepare to bid for the prestigious St Andrews Links
Trophy.
The strong
international field were fine tuning their games ahead of tomorrow’s first
round of the 72-hole tournament at the Jubilee course before three rounds over
the Old Course.
This year’s competitors will be following
in the footsteps of notable past participants, including Ernie Els, Lee Westwood, Trevor Immelman, Geoff Ogilvy,
Padraig Harrington, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy.
In order to clinch the
prestigious prize they will have to overcome a stellar
international field of 144 players from 23 different countries.
This year’s field has
no shortage of quality with World Number 2 in the RandA World Amateur Golf
Rankings (WAGR), Brady Watt, from Royal Perth, Australia, one of six
competitors from Down Under heading a strong international field alongside
golfers from Italy, South Africa, France, Slovenia, Poland, Portugal, USA, UAE,
Sweden and Iceland.
There is also a strong
home contingent taking part at the Home of Golf with every Great Britain and
Ireland player trying to impress the Walker Cup selectors and seal a place in
the team for this year’s match against the USA at the National Golf Links of
America, Southampton, New York.
England’s Garrick Porteous, fresh from his victory at last
week’s Scottish Amateur Stroke-Play Championship will be looking to continue
his good form and is joined in the field by Welsh strokeplay champion and 2011
Walker Cup winner Rhys Pugh.
There are also
plenty of home favourites to support, with the Home of Golf well represented by
St Andrews Links Junior Golf Association’s very own Ewan Scott and Ben Kinsley.
Ewan, who
enjoyed a spectacular start to the season in South Africa and was runner-up in
the Scottish Boys Matchplay Championship, has been joined by 17-year-old Ben
who takes his place in the field as the tournament committee’s nomination.
St Andrews Links Trust
Director of Golf John Grant said: “We are delighted to welcome such a great
field for this year’s St Andrews Links Trophy.
“The tournament
committee always strives to attract the best players to compete and this year
is no exception with so many talented golfers making the journey from around
the world.
“The courses are in
fantastic condition and with some great weather forecast in the next few days
we can look forward to a great weekend of golf at the Links.”
Since its inception in
1989 the RandA World Amateur Golf Rankings rates the St Andrews Links Trophy
as one of the strongest amateur tournaments in the world, based on strength of
field, and it is arguably one of the strongest outside the Amateur Championship
in the British Isles.
The 2013 St Andrews
Links Trophy takes place from tomorrow (Friday, June 7) to Sunday, June 9 on the Jubilee Course
and the Old Course.
To follow live
tournament scoring and the latest news from St Andrews visit www.standrews.org.uk or follow the action on twitter at TheHomeofGolf. To get
involved use #LinksTrophy to support your favourite golfers and follow the
action.
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