17 PLAYERS IN FIELD AT PENINA

 

FOR PLF INVITATIONAL MARK II

 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Calcarsongolf@scottishgolfview.com

Four days at the exclusive Algarve golf resort of Penina - nice work if you can get it ... and 16 Scots pros will get it this week, courtesy of Paul Lawrie and his Foundation funding.

The field for the second Paul Lawrie Foundation Algarve Invitational, teeing  off on Thursday with the first of three rounds at Penina, is a bit  bigger than the first - 17 players  in all: Paul Lawrie, Craig Lawrie, David Law, Ross Kellett, Kris Nicol, Jordan Findlay, Philip McLean, Malcolm Isaacs, Ross Cameron, Greg McBain, Greig, Hutcheon, Scott Henderson, Alastair Forsyth, Callum Macaulay, Michael Stewart, Paul McKechnie and Neil Fenwick.

Paul's caddie David Kenny and PLF manager Michael MacDougall are also in the party who fly out today to Faro, the Algarve's airport. Wednesday is practice round day.

"Idea again has been for a mix of experienced campaigners to impart knowledge, etc whilst playing in a competitive environment, this time just prior to the start of the season," said MacDougall.
All the rounds will be over the Cotton Championship Course (par 73). The late Sir Henry Cotton designed the course and lived in retirement in a penthouse at the Penina Hotel which overlooks the course and doubles up as its clubhouse.
Cotton is buried not far from Penina.