RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW IN ANY EVENT ON THE NEW PAUL LAWRIE LADIES' TOUR

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Co-organiser with Nicola Melville of the PLGC SLOT
Scotland's brand new golf tour - the Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour - is open for entries, even though the first two events, an Edinburgh back-to-back double-header of one-day, 18-hole events, are  not scheduled until Thursday, April 18 (at Marriott Dalmahoy East Course) and Friday, April 19 at Ratho Park.  

It's first-come, first-served as far as entries are concerned, with a 2-1 professional-amateur ratio, which means that if a venue cannot give us the courtesy of the course for more than 30 entries, then that field will be made up of 20 professionals and 10 amateurs.
We shall be operating reserve lists when we get
to the 30-entry mark. If any host clubs find they can give us extra tee times, then players will be called up off the reserve list in the order they went on it. 
If the amateurs (who must have a single-figure LGU handicap) don't take up all their reserve places, then they will go to the professionals.
The entry fee is the same for both categories - £50 each, all of which goes into the prize fund for that tournament.
The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre is donating £1,000 to the prizefunds of the first 13 one-day events and then doubling it to £2,000 for the last of the 14-event schedule, the  36-hole, two-day Tour Championship at Marriott Dalmahoy in October.   
An entry of 30 players will guarantee a prizefund of £2,500 for a regular-season tournament and £3,500 for the Tour Championship.
You don't have to pay tournament entry fees until the draw for that particular tournament is made. So the best policy is to enter now before the word gets around the LETAS and WPGA memberships.

ENTRIES RECEIVED SO FAR FOR 

MARRIOTT DALMAHOY (April 18)

PROFESSIONALS
Heather MacRae
Laura Murray
Gemma Webster
Kimberley Crooks 
Pamela Feggans
Katy McNicoll
Daisy Dyer
Michele Thomson
Lisa Shervill
AMATEURS
Jemma Chalmers
Nichola Ferguson

RATHO PARK (April 19) 
PROFESSIONALS
Heather MacRae
Laura Murray
Gemma Webster
Kimberley Crooks
Pamela Feggans
Katy McNicoll
Michele Thomson
Lisa Shervill
AMATEURS
Kate McIntosh
Jemma Chalmers 

YOU CAN ENTER ONLINE AT THE PLGC SLOT WEBSITE
                         www.scottishladiestour.co.uk 

If you want to check out the entries received so far for all the tournamens on the PLGC SLOT schedule, log on to 
                http://www.scottishladiestour.co.uk/schedule

The more entries we receive, the bigger each prize fund will be.
Amateurs may win a prize voucher up the the maximum value of £500. There is not a separate amateur prize list and there are no handicap prizes. If an amateur finishes, say, fourth, she will win
a voucher to the value of the cash prize which a professional 
would have won for fourth place ... and so on. 

THERE ARE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPONSORSHIP ON THE INAUGURAL PLGC SLOT

+ Individual tournament title sponsor
+ Best 36-hole aggregate prizes at back-to-back events.
+ Title sponsorship of both events in a back-to-back double-header. 
+ Hole in one prize or prizes.
+ Prizes for highest number of 2s at a tournament.

Individuals or companies who are interested in supporting
this non-profit tour designed to help lady pros and aspiring
lady/girl amateurs reach Ladies European Tour standard 
should contact Colin Farquharson at Colin@scottishgolfview.com