By Martin Dempster
The Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open gets under way at The Renaissance Club today and runs through until Sunday.
It features three of the world’s top-seven players and two of this season’s women’s major winners. They are among 12 major champions in total in the field, which also includes 19 Soheim Cup players.
Add in six past champions, including Booth and Catriona Matthew, as well as 32 Americans and it’s on par, if not even stronger, than the men’s equivalent a month ago.
“I’d definitely being encouraging parents to bring kids along here,” said 2012 winner Booth in a press conference ahead of the $1.5 million event on the East Lothian coast.
“Last week (at the AIG Women’s British Open), I saw so many kids. It was so great to see so many girls and I hope it’s the same this week.
I hope to see lot of boys and girls around, really inspired by seeing some of the best players in the world play golf.”
Booth and Matthew are among a seven-strong Scottish contingent including Pamelea Pretswell Asher, Kylie Walker, Michele Thomson, Kelsey MacDonald, Gemma Dryburgh.
