STILL TIME TO ENTER THE WOMENS AND GIRLS SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Women's Scottish Open Championship this year is at Kilmarnock Barassie from the 28th June to the 30th June 2019

The closing date is the 27th May -- CLICK HERE TO ENTER

The Scottish Girls Open Championship is at Blairgowrie is on the 19th - 21st July 2019 

The Closing date is the 17th June 2019 -- CLICK HERE TO ENTER

SCOTTISH GOLF DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY - TAKE YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL

David Patrick is running ScottishGolf Development Academy @kingsfieldgolf this winter. 

Great opportunity to meet new friends & improve all aspects of your game in a fun environment. Times and dates tbc. Sign up/more info at the SCOTTISH GOLF WEBSITE

CRAIGMILAR'S MARY RICHARDSON -- JUNIOR VOLUNTEER AND A HIDDEN HERO

As part of Woman & Girls’ Golf week, Scottish Golf have been catching up with the hidden heroes of golf in Scotland, and  we’re featuring Craigmillar Park’s Junior Convenor Mary Richardson to talk all things volunteering and golf…

Mary is currently the Junior Convenor at Craigmillar Park in Edinburgh, and she is also a member at Dunbar in East Lothian.

What’s the best thing about volunteering? 

 I have been involved as a volunteer with golf for many years with my club, county and with the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association (now Scottish Golf).
 My current role as junior convenor is probably the most frustrating and time consuming one, but by far the most rewarding.
 Watching and supporting young people as they learn and develop, make friends, have fun and fall in love with the game, as I have, is such a privilege.
Also, fantastic to see so many young girls take up golf and join our club – we currently have 25 girls, just over a 3rd of our junior membership and to watch them walking up the fairways, chatting, laughing and enjoying their golf, always puts a smile on my face.

To read more -- Go to the Scottish Golf Website

WOMEN'S AND GIRLS WEEK AT SCOTTISH GOLF

Women & Girls’ Golf Week is here and it’s time to celebrate and hear from fabulous females involved in our sport. 

The national awareness campaign, which will run across Great Britain and Ireland between Monday, 30 July and Sunday 5 August, aims to unite the golf industry in celebrating the successes and challenging the misconceptions and stigmas associated with women and girls in golf.

Throughout the online campaign, each day presents a different theme, where stories will be told of women and girls who are involved in the sport with the aim of creating noise across social media, with women and girl golfers everywhere invited to join the conversation using the #WhyIGolf 

The themes are: 
Monday: Careers – women working in the industry 
Tuesday: Volunteers – the hidden heroes of the game 
Wednesday: Health & Wellbeing – including celebrities who love the game and why 
Thursday: Performance – opportunities for young, aspiring players Friday: 
Participation – focus on participation programmes nationwide Saturday: Championships – key events and pathway for progression 
Sunday: Round-up – highlights from the week 

Share Your Story With Scottish Golf – Join the Conversation #WhyIGolf  -- CLICK HERE

Read a message from Eleanor Cannon - - CLICK HERE

Catriona Matthew eyeing return to ‘special’ Lytham

By Martin Dempster (The ScotsmanNewspaper)

The 2009 Scottish Girls Team with Catriona Matthew at Lytham

By Martin Dempster

Winning a first major is enough to get you giddy. To achieve that feat 11 weeks after giving birth is positively head-spinning stuff. “It was a bit of blur that whole week,” admitted Catriona Matthew as she reflected on achieving that very feat nine years ago in the Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham, where the event returns next week.

“At the time, I just got on with it. It was 11 weeks after (second child) Sophie was born. But you just did what was required, feeding and all that. It all passed in a blur. You look back and think ‘that was quite amazing’.”

The week before Matthew and her husband, Graeme, had escaped a hotel fire during the Evian Masters in France. “That was my first week back after giving birth,” she added. “I just went to the Open with no expectations and no pressure on myself. It’s hard to do that every week, though. That was almost a one-off.”

The 48-year-old has recorded three top-10 finishes in the event since then but has been waiting patiently for this one to come around. “I’ve never been back to Lytham. Amazing to think the British has never been back either,” she said. 

“Graeme is going to caddie again and come out of retirement. It will be great. Any time you get to go back to a course where you’ve had success is special. The fact is was my first major makes it even more special.”

From the RLCGA Centenary Book - Click to enlarge.

HAZEL STILL THE BEST SCOT, SHANNON INPROVES BUT HANNAH MISSES EUROPEAN CUT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) slipped  out of the leading 20 at the European women's amateur championship at Penati Resort, Slovakia with a third-round 72 for a 54-hole tally of 215 which gave her an overnight position of joint 21st going into the final round.
But Curtis Cup player Shannon McWilliam from Aboyne improved 28 places to joint 40th with a 70 for 220. Her earlier rounds were 71 and 79.
Spain's Celia Barquin shot a brilliant course-record round of nine-under-par 63 to take the lead on 13-under 203.
German based Scot Fiona Liddell made the cut on 219 (77,72,70) 

Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) was among those who failed to qualify for the final 18 holes. To beat the cut, a player had to have scored 222 or better. McCook totalled 233 (81-79-73.)

LEADERBOARD
par 216 (3x72) CSS 72 72 72
203 C Barquin (Spn) 69 71 63.
205 E Henseleit (Ger) 64 71 70.
207 M E Domingo (Spn) 69 71 67.

SELECTED SCORES
212 O Mehaffey (Ire) 70 71 71 (T10)
214 A Fuller (Eng) 70 74 70 (T18)
215 H MacGarvie (Sco) 75 68 72 (T21)
217 J McCarthy (Ire) 72 74 71 (T27)
220 S McWilliam (Sco) 71 79 70 (T40)

MISSED THE CUT (222 and better qualified for final round)
225 C Goadby (Sco) 79 71 75
226 L M Humphreys (Eng) 73 80 73.
230 L Bailey (Eng) 84 74 72.
232 S Fuller (Eng) 78 81 73
233 H McCook (Sco) 81 79 73.

RACHAEL FOSTER WINS THE JUNIOR TOUR EVENT OVER KINGSACRE

The Scottish Golf Junior Tour Event supported by Area and County was held  over the 21st and 22nd July over KingsAcre —— 

 Rachel Foster (Prestwick St. Nicholas) had two sub par rounds to win by 5 shots from Lorna McClymont (Milngavie).   

Kings Acre SSS: 72,
CSS: Round 1 = 72, Round 2 = 72

LEADERBOARD:
139 Rachael Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas) 71, 68
144 Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 72, 72
147 Evanna Hynd (Elmwood Golf Society) 74, 73
148 Romy Erskine (Kilmacolm) 75. 73
150 Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) 71, 79

To see all the scores Click Here

SCOTTISH GOLF DEVELOPMENT - WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR GOLF ?

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SCOTLAND HOME INTERNATIONAL TEAMS ARE ANNOUNCED

The  Scottish Ladies Team at the European Team Championship in Austria this month
Photo courtesy of Scottish Golf 

Scottish Golf has today announced the Women, Boys’ and Girls’ teams to represent Scotland at this year’s Home Internationals.
 Broomieknowe Golf Club’s Hannah Darling (14) and Castle Park Golf Club’s Connor Wilson (17), who were this month crowned Xact Scottish Boys’ & Girls Amateur Champions, earn automatic selection after winning their respective national championships, along with West Linton’s Gemma Batty who was victorious at the Scottish Women’s Amateur Champion at Elie in June.

Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) is the extra player selected to the other six that represented Scotland at the European Team Championships in Austria las week.

Cameron Neilson (GC Alvaneu Bad) is the new selection in the Girls Team who was defeated by Hannah Darling in the semi final of the  Xact Scottish Girls Amateur Champions,

 The Girls’ and Ladies’ Home Internationals both take place at Ballybunion, Ireland 8-10 August, with the Boys’ event taking place on home soil at Royal Dornoch, 7-9 August.
 The Scotland teams are sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments.

 Scotland Women’s Team: Home Internationals 
Gemma Batty, (West Linton)
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)
Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey)
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne)


Scotland Girls’ Team: Home Internationals 
Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore)
Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe)
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)
Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne)
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)
Cameron Neilson (GC Alvaneu Bad)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

To read all the team selections -- Go to the Scottish Golf Website

SCOTTISH UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LOSSIEMOUTH

GIRLS
OLD COURSE 
par 75. SSS 76. CSS 76
77 C Neilson (Germany)
78 J Rankine (Haggs Castle), R Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas)
80 C Griffiths (Aboyne)
81 E Caton (St Regulus), J Taylor (Downfield)
83 E Henderson (Loretto School), R Mathieson (Hazlehead), S Westwood (Elgin).
87 M O'Brien (Reay), R Everitt (Suffolk).
89 C McLaughlin (West Kilbride)
90 G Evans (Fleetwood)
92 A Flett (Orkney)
94 L Renton (Thornton)
98 K Miller (Strathmore), R Erskine (Kilmacolm)
101 N Fowler (Bathgate).
109 I Reid (Nairn Dunbar).
111 L Morrison (Craigmillar Park).

NEW COURSE
 par 71. SSS 70 CSS 71
67 H Darling (Broomieknowe)
72 L McClymont (Milngavie)
74 L Duncan (West Kilbride), P Wilson (Burntisland)
75 K Brodie (Strathmore), A Brannock (Castle Douglas)
76 G Crawford (Gull).
77 T White (Cathkin Braes)
79 C Irvine (Craigielaw)
80 S Elliott (Nairn), G Ledingham (Craigmillar Park)
81 M Ashley (Strathmore)
84 C Wilson (St Regulus)
87 R Fowlie (Edzell).
88 E Hynd (Elmwood).
89 L Hall (Craigmillar Park)
90 K Tan (Inverness)
91 E Tan (Inverness)
94 S Murphy (Clydebank and Dist)

Hazel MacGarvie and Chloe Gaodby lead the 1st round Qualifier of the Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship at Elie Golf Club

Tuesday, June 05, 2018 
VENUE: ELIE LINK TO ALL SCORES -  CLICK HERE 
Leading 32 after 36 holes will qualify for match-play stages. 
Next 16 qualify for Clark Rosebowl match-play. 

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND Par 73. SSS 74. CSS 74 
67 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), C Goadby (St Regulus Ladies. 
68 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 
69 G Paton (St Regulus Ladies). 
70 H Darling (Broomieknowe), C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies). 
71 G Batty (West Linton), L Duncan (West Kilbride), M M Richmond (Strathaven), L McClymont (Milngavie) 
72 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead), C Young (North Berwick). 
73 K Beveridge (Aboyne), A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies). 
74 C Griffiths (Aboyne), S Wood (Drumpellier), T Mactaggart (Minto), G MacDonald (Craigielaw). 75 J Free (Gullane), E Hale (Troon Ladies), K McIntosh (Broomieknowe), M Cowan (Wigtownshire Co), J Rankine (Haggs Castle), I Brodie (Strathmore). 
76 J Saxton (Muckhart), C Boa (Royal Dornoch), L Morrow (St Regulus Ladies). 
77 M Fraser (Powfoot). 
78 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), E Kennedy (Paisley), K Wright (Stranraer), L Allan (Glenbervie), E Hynd (Elmwood). 
79 E Docherty (Moray), G Kyle (East Renfrewshire), L Wilson (Kelso) 
80 M Miller (Blairgowrie), L Fraser (Kingsknowe), D Young (North Berwick). 
81 C Thompson (Royal Dornoch), J Taylor (Downfield), E Morrison (Gullane), K A Scott (Strathaven). 
82 K Blackwood (West Linton), A McKay (Crail GS), E Moffat (St Regulus Ladies), J Brown (Monifieth)

Revive Active Scottish Women's Regional Medal Finals West and South Results

WEST DIVISION Played over Kilmacolm Golf Course 

SSS 72 CSS 74

The following Silver players who have qualified for the Grand Final at The Dukes, St Andrews on Sunday 17th June:  1) Laura McGeachy  2) Elizabeth Russell  3) Fiona Cameron  4) Stella Bowie  5) Kay Cherrie  6) Jan MacNab

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE WEST SILVER RESULTS

The following Bronze players who have qualified for the Grand Final at The Dukes, St Andrews on Sunday 17th June: 1) Elaine Thom  2) Anne Armstrong  3) Catherine Goldinger  4) Jacqueline Wright  5) Ann Hay  6) Lesley Brown

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE WEST BRONZE RESULTS

SOUTH DIVISION played over West Linton Golf Course

SSS 72 CSS 72

The following Silver players who have qualified for the Grand Final at The Dukes, St Andrews on Sunday 17th June: 1) Caroline W Steedman 2) Jennifer Bryans 3) Leanne Wilson 4)  Carole Mason  5) Hazel Dean and 6) Margo Gardner

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SOUTH SILVER SCORES

The following Bronze players who have qualified for the Grand Final at The Dukes, St Andrews on Sunday 17th June: 1) Christiane Maher 2) Hilary Cochran 3) Olivia O'Leary 4) Dorothy Yeaman 5) Joyce Michie and 6) Shona Paton

CLICK HERE FOR ALL SOUTH BRONZE SCORES

Aberdeen Standard Investments Continue to Boost Scottish Golf

Left to Right: Andrew McKinlay, Gemma Batty, Sam Locke, Chloe Goadby, Darren Howie 

The new Chief Executive of Scottish Golf, Andrew McKinlay, joined the country’s World Amateur Team Championship hopefuls on his first day in office to announce a continuation of the enduring partnership with Aberdeen Standard Investments [ASI]. 
McKinlay’s first official duty was to announce the new two-year deal with ASI, which will continue their support of Scotland’s leading men’s and women’s amateurs. 

Aberdeen Asset Management – before their merger with Standard Life Investments last August – became the former Scottish Golf Union’s first national team sponsors back in 2007, when the likes of Richie Ramsay and Scott Henry were coming through the amateur ranks. 
Their continued support is a timely boost as Scottish Golf seeks to grow its commercial revenue. Kelsey MacDonald and Team Scotland Amateurs The partnership between Scottish Golf and ASI will enable the country’s most promising amateur players to benefit from a range of support services through the company’s sponsorship of a number of Tour professionals, from potential masterclass opportunities, to advice, knowledge sharing and personal insight. 

McKinlay, who joins Scottish Golf from his role as Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish FA, said: “Firstly, I would like to thank Aberdeen Standard Investments for their ongoing support and commitment to our national amateur teams. As one of Scottish Golf’s longest-standing partnerships, they are integral to the future success of our most talented amateur players, notwithstanding their wider investment in the game for more than a decade. 

“I am pleased to get started in my new role with such a positive announcement. As we all know, there is much work to be done at Scottish Golf to grow participation in grassroots golf through increased investment and support to our members. Partnerships like the one we have cultivated with Aberdeen Standard Investments will be integral to achieving that aim. The hard work starts here and it is a challenge I am looking forward to immensely.” 

Leading Scotland international amateurs Gemma Batty, Chloe Goadby, Darren Howie and Sam Locke were also present at the launch, alongside Aberdeen Standard Investments Global Golf Ambassador and Ladies European Tour player, Kelsey MacDonald.

To read more go to the ScottishGolf Website

Chloe Goadby is leading Scot after Round 1 of the Welsh stroke-play 

Curtis Cup selection Sophie Lamb leads the quality field at the end of the first round of the Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Aberdovey Golf Club. She shot a four-under-par 69 to lead by one from Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) and Emily Toy (Carlyon Bay). 

Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) is joint fourth overnight with a 71 while Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) is also in the top 10 with a par-matching 73. 

Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), also a member of the GB and I team for the Curtis Cup match in New York State next month, had a disappointing round of 74. She was going well with only 34 shots to the turn but then had a double bogey 6 at the 14th and another 6 at the 15th to come home in 40 and share 15th place 

WELSH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP ABERDOVEY GOLF CLUB. 

LEADERBOARD par 73. SSS 77. CSS 76 

69 S Lamb (Clitheroe) 
70 C Goadby (St Regulus), E Toy (Carlyon Bay) 
71 H McCook (Grantown on Spey), C McGinty (Knowle) 
72 A Collis (Letchworth), L E Jones (Wrexham) 
73 E Briggs (Kilmacolm), P Grant (Lisburn), H Llewellyn (The Valey), L Hillier (Newport, Gwent), D Harrey (The Vale), M Lewis (St George's Hill). 

OTHER SCOTS: 
74 J Saxton (Muckhart), S McWilliam (Aboyne). 
76 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T29) 
84 K Beveridge (Aboyne) (T60)

TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES CLICK HERE

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

With just over three weeks until the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force, Scottish Golf hope your club is taking the necessary steps to ensure full compliance by the deadline of 25 May 2018. 

 If your club would benefit from support please access our online help via the link below, or contact your Regional Club Development Officer.

To read more go to the Scottish Golf Website

Scottish Women's Amateur Championship --   Enter Now

The Scottish Women's Amateur Championship returns to Elie for the first time since 1975 with the opportunity to enjoy five days of golf on Fife's glorious East Neuk from 5 - 9 June. 

This historic national event, first played in 1903, is the pinnacle of the women's amateur game in Scotland, with fun, friendship and competition on one of the country's most enjoyable links courses. Elie is less than an hour's drive from Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee and is located just 12 miles from St Andrews. 

At £50 entry fee, you are guaranteed three rounds including your practice round, with the top-32 qualifying for the top flight match play stages, and the next 16 players earning a place in the Clark Rosebowl. 

Or, you can simply enjoy two rounds of stroke play if you opt not to compete in the match play stages later in the week. 

Entries close on Monday 7 May with a handicap limit of 20.

 CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Ping Scottish Mixed Championship at East Kilbride

 Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, PING are once again supporting the Scottish Mixed Championship with the final taking place over the Queen’s Course at Gleneagles on 17 September.

MEMBERS VOTE AGAINST ANNUAL AFFILIATION FEE INCREASE

From the Scottish Golf Website 

Scottish Golf Chair Eleanor Cannon has today (Saturday 10 March) expressed her “deep disappointment” after the membership voted against a proposal to increase the annual affiliation fee paid by members for the first time in five years.

At the governing body’s Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh, members voted narrowly to reject the investment proposals, leaving Scottish Golf to reduce its spending accordingly.

Eleanor Cannon said: “We are deeply disappointed that we will be making more cuts at a time when we should be growing the game not just to make clubs more sustainable, but to hand the game over to our children and their children in a much better state than we found it after 10 to 15 years of decline.

Following the optimism that emerged from the first ever ‘Future of Golf Conference’ in early December,  we were hopeful of continuing our momentum so today is a real setback for all associated with the game in this country.

“The Board will now look again at the budget and our focus will remain on the future of the game in Scotland and the legacy we leave future generations.

“The culture of decision making in Scottish golf must change and there are tough choices ahead. This has been a bruising experience for many of us, but our resolve to strengthen golf in Scotland remains unwavering.”

With growing membership, revenue and participation outlined as key objectives to make positive change as part of the governing body’s revised strategy, Cannon and her Board of Directors were left disappointed when a vote taken to increase the annual affiliation fee per playing member was rejected by Clubs, Counties and Areas at Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club.

Increasing the annual affiliation fee by £3.75 from £11.25 to £15 was outlined to help cover Scottish Golf’s shortfall in sportscotland investment of £350,000, with remaining income from the increase to be invested in front line services to help clubs become stronger and retain and grow their membership during these challenging times.

However, with a majority of over 50% required, the proposed affiliation fee increase was voted against by 270 votes to 235 (with 10 abstentions). Scottish Golf’s current voting structure is one vote per registered club. Each County and Area is allocated 10 votes each, thus carrying 44% of the overall voting share.

It means Scottish Golf continues to face significant investment challenges going forward to run the organisation, support clubs and grow participation.

Overheads have already been reduced by £700,000 since amalgamation in October 2015 – overseeing a staff headcount reduction from 48 to 32 – with more overall cuts now expected.

New chief executive Andrew McKinlay starts his position in May and Cannon added: “It is clear golf needs to adapt to the changing demands of modern lifestyles, embrace families and dramatically change cultures and behaviours to attract new audiences, particularly the female non-golfers and the younger generation.

“Under the leadership of Andrew, we will look to make this game better and stronger, but there is no doubt that today is a disappointment for the many Clubs, Counties and Areas who supported the change, as well as Scottish Golf’s Board and the staff.”

The AGM also saw the appointment of June McEwan as Scottish Golf’s new President, the first female to hold the role following amalgamation in 2015 and a fitting reward for her work as a volunteer across various levels of the game. Malcolm Mitchell was appointed as Senior Vice President and David Fleming as Junior Vice President.

With Malcolm Robertson, Roz Cuschieri, Stephen Docherty and Neil MacDonald all coming off the Board following the end of their terms, four new individuals were successfully nominated.

Brendan Dick, currently Chair of BT Scotland and Chair of The Scottish Council for Development and Industry, joins the Board, along with Sean Duffy, the newly-appointed CEO of The Wise Group. Bill Woodley, a senior executive with Deutsche Bank who sits on the Board and Audit Committee of the Tiger Woods Foundation, also takes up a Board position, joined by Lorna Brown, a procurement and supplier management professional, most recently with Sainsbury’s and The Student Loans Company. 

LIKE MOTHER - LIKE DAUGHTER !!

Nancy Chisholm and Jessie Donaldson at the County Jamboree at Haggs Castle Golf Club in 2014

Lindsay Chisholm

A surgeon who trekked through the snow for almost three hours to operate on a cancer patient has been called a "superwoman" by the man she treated.

Consultant surgeon Lindsey Chisholm walked eight miles from her home in the West of Glasgow to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley despite a red alert for snow.

Does this name CHISHOLM - RING A BELL  - She is the daughter of  Ayrshire’s Nancy Chisholm. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STORY AND LINDSAY BEING INTERVIEWED -- COURTESY OF THE BBC

ALTERNATIVELY WATCH THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK 

Nancy was  honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours List with the award of an M.B.E. for voluntary contribution to ladies golf in 2012

She was an Honorary Vice President of both the Ladies Golf Union and Scottish ladies' Golfing Association and  served as LGU chairman in 1997 and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association president from 2003-2007.

A lifelong member of Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club, which she joined as a junior member, Nancy

A former Ladies Club Captain, and Club Champion of St. Nicholas ladies on no fewer than 10 occasions, Nancy held many senior positions in ladies golf at a national and international level, as well as undertaking refereeing duties at many major international amateur event

She received the M.B.E. in recognition of her many years of voluntary work on behalf of ladies golf and golfers.

In 2004, Prestwick St. Nicholas conferred Honorary Membership on Nancy in recognition of her outstanding contribution to golf in Scotland and further afield.

Nancy is also a member and past captain of West Kilbride Ladies, a club which holds her in equally high esteem as St. Nicholas for her contribution to club and country over the years.

So perhaps the saying Like Mother - Like Daughter  is a fitting saying - since it is MOTHERS DAY tomorrow !!

SCOTTISH GOLF AGM POSTPONED

Many thanks to you all for your continued support in the extraordinary weather conditions. The number of proxy votes returned has been high and we are appreciative that so many of you have taken the opportunity to ensure that your vote was lodged ahead of today's cut off time.

 Quite apart from the care and consideration of our members' safety, it is important that the right democratic decisions are taken and for that we need everyone who wishes to attend the AGM to be able to attend.

I am advised by our lawyers that, as the AGM for Sunday has been properly and validly called, it is (strangely, even by our lawyers' own admission) not possible legally to cancel the meeting.

However, given the weather conditions and the importance of shareholder participation and discussion of the matters and resolutions proposed at this Sunday's AGM, I propose to open the AGM myself on Sunday and, with sufficient proxies already received to constitute a quorum, I propose to exercise the discretion delegated to me under our articles to adjourn the meeting to Saturday 10 March 2018, at the same time and venue as the original notification outlined.

 The extenuating weather circumstances have brought about an unprecedented position, which we have had to work with to the best of our ability, taking into account the travel advice and also venue availability for an alternative date.

I would also note that Sunday 11 March is Mothering Sunday, traditionally a family day for our members.

 I hope you agree that this is a fair and sensible decision and I very much hope to see you at the reconvened AGM on Saturday 10 March 2018.

 Yours sincerely Eleanor Cannon Chair