SLGA, SGU WARNED OVER FUNDING FEARS WITHOUT MERGER

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By Martin Dempster
Scottish golf could lose vital funding if a bid to create an amalgamated body to run the amateur game fails, with opposition to the proposal being blamed on a situation that has been likened to "clan warfare" in the wake of the Drumoig debacle.

An update on the move to merge the Scottish Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golfing Association was provided yesterday at Dalmahoy, where it was revealed that a final proposal is on its way to the 580 golf clubs in the country to seek their support.
Both organisations need a 75 per cent majority at special general meetings being held at the end of May in order to have the new Scottish Golf Ltd in place for 1 October, with the proposal being sold as the "correct way forward" for the game in Scotland.
According to Hamish Grey, pictured, the SGU chief executive and administrator for the amalgamation group, golf is now the only sport that comes under the sportscotland umbrella that isn't governed by a single body and he admitted there are genuine fears that important funding for the amateur game could be withdrawn if the proposed merger is blocked.
"You can never say definitely, but I think we'd be comfortable in saying there is a significant likelihood of that happening," he said after outlining in detail a proposal that would bring Scotland into line with most other countries in the world.

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