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New Golf Series for Central Scotland Junior Golfers

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New golf series for Central juniors

A new series of four competitions, designed to encourage the area’s children to take part in golf competitions, has been launched to run throughout the golf season at venues across Central Scotland this year.

Junior golfers in action at the inaugural Stirling Junior Flag event in November 2007

Historic Glasgow Gailes Golf Links to host 2008 Palmer Cup

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College golf’s Ryder Cup-style competition set for June 26-27

This year’s Palmer Cup, a transatlantic men’s student golf match which started in 1997 shall be hosted by Glasgow Golf Club and played around the historic Glasgow Gailes Golf Links.

Glasgow Gailes Golf Club

The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 26-27, on the 6,903 yard, par 71 Willie Park Junior design when the top collegiate players from the United States tee off against their counterparts from Europe. The Americans lead the series, 6-4-1, but have lost the last two competitions in Europe.

26,000 nine year olds introduced to golf in Scotland during 2007

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Since Colin Montgomerie launched clubgolf at Gleneagles in 2003, increasing numbers of P5 children have been introduced to golf at school through firstclubgolf, which uses multi-coloured clubs, rubberised balls and Velcro targets.

Children from Elphinton Primary School mastering clubgolf

This year alone 26,000 of all nine year olds in Scotland played firstclubgolf.

Clubgolf’s passport to golf travels to Isle of Harris Golf Club

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Clubgolf’s passport to golf has travelled over the seas to the Western Isles after the Isle of Harris Golf Club completed its first clubgolf Stage 1 course in the autumn.

Isle of Harris Golf Club PGA Level 1 coaches Hugh MacLean and Angus Gordon with their first group of clubgolf graduates

Scottish Golf Union announce dates for 2008 Area Team Championship

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The groups for the 2008 Scottish Golf Union Men’s Area Golf Team Championship are detailed below.

The final shall be played at Tain Golf Club, Ross-shire, (11th hole pictured above) a traditional Scottish Highland links course designed by Old Tom Morris, situated 9 miles south of Dornoch and 31 miles north of Inverness.

Tickets Now On Sale for SGU Golf Dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow

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Tickets are on sale now for this year’s Scottish Golf Dinner taking place on Friday 28 March at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow, the kick start to the 2008 golf season in Scotland.

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow

Record Prizemoney for 2008 Tartan Tour

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Aberdonian Greig Hutcheon, Scotland’s top professional golfer in domestic competition for the past two years, pictured below, can’t wait to get back in action when this year’s Tartan Tour, offering record prize money, resumes at the beginning of April.

Scottish Golf Union latest: European Stars Peter Whiteford and Clare Queen help launch Junior Club of the Year Awards

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Scotland’s new European Tour star Peter Whiteford (below) and rising Ladies European Tour player Clare Queen were on hand to launch the SGU’s latest initiative for junior golf.