Rachael Livingstone turns pro

under PGA training scheme


Last year's Midlothian women's county champion Rachael Livingstone has been accepted on to the PGA's foundation degree course at the end of which she will be a qualified PGA professional.
Rachael, 21, will be trained as an assistant pro at Musselburgh Golf Club, Monktonhall, under Fraser Mann and Norman Huguet.
She has just completed an HND in sports coaching at Edinburgh's Telford College and says she is looking forward to the PGA degree course which is run by Birmingham University.
"The only disappointment," said Rachael," is not being able to play amateur golf. I miss the competition and meeting friends at tournaments."
She will start playing in some professional competitions next year.
"I would like to thank Berth and Lionel Freedman and everyone at Musselburgh Old Course for getting me started in competitive golf as a girl. Also Karyn Dallas, Colin Brooks and all the other coaches I've worked with.
"Everyone at Midlothian Ladies Golfing Association has been so supportive. Also mum, dad's sister Clare and my greatest fans, my grandparents."
Rachael, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, reached the final of the Scottish Under-18 girls match-play championship in 2006 at Peebles where she lost 3 and 2 to Roseanne Niven.
She won the Midlothian women's county championship in 2008, having been a member of the Scottish title-winning Midlothian team in 2007.
Rachael was also a member of the Scotland team that won the girls' home internationals title in 2006.