ALYSON AND GEMMA BOUND FOR SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Alyson McKechin, pictured in action on the Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour last year.

 Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

 

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
Scottish women's amateur champion Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Aberdeen-born US student Gemma Dryburgh, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) and Craig Ross (Kirkhill), have been selected by the Scottish Golf Union to play in next week's South American men's and women's 72-hole international amateur golf championships at Barranquilla, Colombia.
For the second year, the R and A has offered subsidies to up to 30 non-South American players, helping with flights and entry fees. The total sponsorship of the championships by the R and A will total £75,000
"We're committed to supporting golf worldwide and we want to help grow the South American Amateur into one of the world's premier amateur tournaments," said Duncan Weir, the R and A's Executive Director-Working for Golf.
Dunton, a member of the Scottish Golf Union’s men’s squad, finished third on the domestic Order of Merit in 2013, with Ross (Kirkhill), a semi-finalist at the Scottish amateur championship last year, was a spot behind him.
Paisley's McKechin beat Clara Young in the final of the Scottish women's amateur championship at Longniddry last May while Dryburgh (Beaconsfield), a student at  Tulane University, New Orleans and daughter of an Aberdeen-based North Sea oil executive, was runner-up in the last year's British women's amateur stroke-play championship at Prestwick.

Gemma Dryburgh, pictured in action at Prestwick last year on her way to runner-up spot in the British women's amateur stroke-play championship.

PICTURE BY CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY