Gleneagles to stage finale of PING event
Unique new mixed championship for Scottish golfers
An exciting mixed team competition for Scottish club golfers is to tee off next season – and Gleneagles will host the showpiece finale.
The PING Scottish Mixed Championship is to be a unique new addition to the domestic handicap amateur calendar in 2017.
Scottish Golf brings male and female golfers together in a fun-filled format for all ages and abilities to add further value to club membership.
It’s an event which sees PING become sponsors of Scottish Golf for the first time, with the leading golf brand’s investment providing a welcome boost to the governing body’s partnership portfolio.
American Beth Allen, the Scotsbased new Ladies European Tour number one, and Scottish Golf Men’s Order of Merit winner Euan McIntosh, were on hand at Gleneagles to help launch the event, along with Scottish Golf chief executive Blane Dodds.
The free-to-enter competition will be open to all golf club members in Scotland holding an official handicap, from juniors to seniors.
Qualifying will take place at club level, either using an existing mixed event in the club’s calendar or introducing a new event, from April through to the end of July.
Scottish Go l f ’ s online leaderboard will show the top 40 mixed stableford scores nationwide, with 80 golfers then coming together to contest the final over the idyllic James Braid-designed Queen’s on Monday, September 18 in 2017.
Scottish Golf chief executive Blane Dodds said: “We’re pleased to launch this new mixed event for club golfers in 2017, one which adds further value to club membership and offers the chance to compete at a worldclass venue for the final.”
Beatson Cancer Charity is the official charity partner for the competition.
It is also charity partner for the forthcoming Scottish Golf Awards at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on February 24.
Event information will be issued by Scottish Golf to clubs early next year.