In its first year as re-formatted championship, The Women’s and Men’s Senior Home Internationals trophy was won by our very own Scottish Seniors, with a score of 3/3. Men’s and Women’s Seniors were played in parallel this year at Pyle & Kenfig, in a change to the established format. Ireland were worthy runners up on 2 points; England third and Wales fourth.  Captained by Fiona de Vries, the Scottish team scooped victory on the final day’s play by defeating Ireland 11.5- 6.5 overall, and a stunning 5-1 win in the foursomes.  As reported by the R&A, de Vries commented: ‘It’s be ..read more

Supported by Scottish Golf, the new Scottish Golf Tourism and Visitor Strategy has launched that places a focus on destination development, community engagement, education and health as the industry recovers from the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and build for the future.  Led by the Scottish Golf Tourism Development Group (SGTDG), in consultation with the entire golf tourism industry, the strategy has been developed to help shape and support the future of the industry from 2022 to 2030. The SGTDG includes Scottish Golf, The PGA in Scotland, SIGTOA, Scotland Where Golf Began and Reg ..read more

On hearing the sad news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen, Scottish Golf extends its warmest sympathies to her family. The Queen was a patron of, among others, the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews. She granted Royal status to Royal Troon Golf Club in 1978 – an enormously prestigious appellation, which would normally result in Royal patronage. We hope the Royal Family can find some solace at this most difficult time. The post Scottish Golf sends deepest condolences to Royal Family appeared first on Scottish Golf ..read more

Teams from North East, Perth & Kinross, Ayrshire and Borders met at Powfoot Golf Club to battle it out for the Championship this weekend.  Saturday 3 September saw North East face Borders while Perth & Kinross challenged Ayrshire. Borders got off to a flying start in the Teams matchplay, with Alan Turnbull and Mike Foley (both from Peebles) going 1 Up on Neil Mitchel (Bon Accord) and Gary Esson (Portlethen). Meantime, David Gillie (Torwoodlee) and Jack Mcdonald (Roxburghe) triumphed 7&5 on Adam Giles (Newmachar) and Clark Brechin (Portlethen).  However, the afternoon too ..read more

Leslie Boswell, first PING Scottish Open Series winner claims trophy at Trump Aberdeen The new championship, from Scottish Golf, is in its inaugural year and has offered golfers of all abilities, handicaps and genders the opportunity to compete on Scotland’s best courses at great value. Winners scooped PING vouchers, PING products and the chance to play Gleneagles with DP Tour champion, Calum Hill. Finalists from the six qualifying rounds arrived Trump International, Aberdeen on Friday 19 August to battle it out for the trophy and top prizes for the Nett winner, Nett runner up and Scratch winn ..read more

Conditions couldn’t have been more favourable at the second Scottish Golf Medals Grand Final at Royal Burgess on Sunday 21 August. Following a series of regional qualifiers, 71 finalists battled it out at the Edinburgh club for the championship.  In the end, Anne Armstrong from Hayston Golf Cub and Keith Paterson from Dunecht House Golf Club were crowned as Scottish Golf’s champion club golfers of the year for 2022.  It was a strong field of golfers from all over Scotland, so the pair had to produce some stellar golf to win the gold.  Armstrong came in with an impressive 5-unde ..read more

71 Scottish club golfers will be competing at the Scottish Medal Finals Grand Final at Royal Burgess in Edinburgh this Sunday. The male and female finalists have already made it through their club qualifier and one of the regional qualifiers held across Scotland in 2022 to reach this stage and will now be competing to be crowned national champion. At club level, the top three male and the top three female players returning the lowest aggregate of three net scores from 2021 club medal competitions were eligible to compete in the regional events. Sunday’s field will be made up of players with ha ..read more

With more than 150 young golfers competing, there were exciting finishes to the Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open and Scottish Girls’ Under 16/ Under 14 Open as the winners were crowned in near perfect conditions. Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open In the Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open, a stunning final round of 66 saw France’s Tom De Herrypon claim a one-shot victory at Troon Darley. After an opening round of 75 (+4), Herrypon got off to a blistering start on Monday, eagling the first and following that up with three consecutive birdies to get to one-under par for the tournament, and five-under for his ro ..read more

More than 150 young golfers will tee it up this week as the Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open and Scottish Girls’ Under 16/ Under 14 Open get underway. Both events will take place across Sunday 7 and Monday 8 August. Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open Taking place at Troon Darley, the format of the Scottish Boys’ Under 14 Open will be 36-hole strokeplay, with one round on Sunday and one round on Monday. In 2021, it was Gullane’s Cameron Mukherjee who claimed the title with a two-shot victory at Kirkcaldy Golf Club. Cameron will be in the field again this week as he looks to defend his trophy, no doubt sp ..read more

Three young Scottish golfers were last week given a fantastic opportunity to tee it up in the Pro-Am at the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open on Wednesday, getting to play with Scottish professional Gemma Dryburgh. 15-year-old Grace Crawford, 17-year-old Freya Constable and 21-year-old Lorna McClymont were the lucky recipients of three spots in the Pro-Am, thanks to an invite from The Scottish Government via VisitScotland. All three players are competing in the Home Internationals this week, Grace and Lorna for the Ladies, and Freya for the Girls. Speaking about playing with the girls, LPGA Tou ..read more