Murray Carnie and Paul Lawrie, a busy season ahead on the junior golf front (Cal Carson Golf Agency image).
Paul Lawrie junior events tee off
at Peterculter this Sunday
at Peterculter this Sunday
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
The Paul Lawrie Junior Golf Programme becomes three dimensional this season with the Junior Jug taking in the national scene and 18-hole Stableford competitions being added to the Aberdeenshire-only Flag events which have been run for the past three years.
There will be 13 Flag events at Aberdeenshire venues from Aboyne to Westhill, all aimed at getting boys and girls started playing golf competitively. This is the fourth year of these non-handicap competitions in which the players stop after they have played 36 strokes. The winners are those who have completed the most holes or parts of holes after they have played their 36th stroke.
The Stableford events are for Under-15 year olds - boys or girls - with the only stipulation that they must have an official handicap to participate.
The majority of the Flag and Stableford events will be run at the same venues, starting with Peterculter Golf Club on Sunday.
"We couldn't attempt a programme of this size without the goodwill of the golf clubs in providing courtesy tee times at weekends on their courses. They've been great," said Murray Carnie, the Paul Lawrie Foundation's chief organiser.
The Paul Lawrie Junior Golf Programme becomes three dimensional this season with the Junior Jug taking in the national scene and 18-hole Stableford competitions being added to the Aberdeenshire-only Flag events which have been run for the past three years.
There will be 13 Flag events at Aberdeenshire venues from Aboyne to Westhill, all aimed at getting boys and girls started playing golf competitively. This is the fourth year of these non-handicap competitions in which the players stop after they have played 36 strokes. The winners are those who have completed the most holes or parts of holes after they have played their 36th stroke.
The Stableford events are for Under-15 year olds - boys or girls - with the only stipulation that they must have an official handicap to participate.
The majority of the Flag and Stableford events will be run at the same venues, starting with Peterculter Golf Club on Sunday.
"We couldn't attempt a programme of this size without the goodwill of the golf clubs in providing courtesy tee times at weekends on their courses. They've been great," said Murray Carnie, the Paul Lawrie Foundation's chief organiser.
"We get around 60 boys and girls coming along to each Flag competition and there will be qualifiers from each one for the Grand Final at Deeside Golf Club on September 20 when we will also be holding the Paul Lawrie Under-16 & Under-18 open."
The Junior Jug will have one-round qualifying competitions at Cowglen (July 29), Craigielaw (July 29), Kingsfield (July 30), Nairn Dunbar (July 31), Southerness (August 1), Downfield (August 7) and Inchmarlo (August 11). Competitors can play at more than one venue if they wish.
The maxium handcap is 28 for boys and 36 for girls. The top four scratch and handicap players at each venue will qualify for the Grand Final at Dundonald Links in September.
Information about how to enter all three of the Paul Lawrie Junior Programme competitions is available on http://www.paullawriegolf.com/
The Junior Jug will have one-round qualifying competitions at Cowglen (July 29), Craigielaw (July 29), Kingsfield (July 30), Nairn Dunbar (July 31), Southerness (August 1), Downfield (August 7) and Inchmarlo (August 11). Competitors can play at more than one venue if they wish.
The maxium handcap is 28 for boys and 36 for girls. The top four scratch and handicap players at each venue will qualify for the Grand Final at Dundonald Links in September.
Information about how to enter all three of the Paul Lawrie Junior Programme competitions is available on http://www.paullawriegolf.com/
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