AAM LADIES SCOTTISH OPEN, FRIDAY to SUNDAY
CELEBRITY GOLF - AND IT'S ALL FREE AT ARCHERFIELD LINKS
NEWS RELEASE FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
By BETHAN CUTLER, L E T Media Manager
A
number of celebrities will tee off alongside some the world’s best women
pro golfers at this week’s Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open
presented by EventScotland,
being held for the fifth consecutive year at Archerfield Links in East
Lothian, from Thursday until Sunday.
Two
competitions are being held concurrently over the three-day tournament:
firstly, a 54-hole stroke-play tournament for the field of 72
professionals and secondly,
a better-ball Pro-Am team competition is played simultaneously whereby
the best score between the professional and her amateur partner is taken
at each hole.
After two rounds, a cut will be made to the leading 50
professionals and those tied, as well as to
the top 15 teams competing in the Pro-Am. This means that an amateur
player could experience the thrill of competing in the last group on the
final day.
Sporting
stars in the field include last year’s leading amateur, ex-footballer
and BBC pundit Alan Hansen, skip of the GB women’s curling team Eve
Muirhead, who won
a bronze medal in Sochi and former Scotland rugby captains Rory Lawson
and Gavin Hastings.
Hollywood actor Dougray Scott (star of
Enigma, Ever After and Mission: Impossible II) will
take to the fairways along with BBC Breakfast News presenter Naga
Munchetty, who said:
“It’s great to have been invited to the Aberdeen
Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open. The unusual
format of the tournament, with it being a pro-am for the entire three
days, is a great opportunity for us amateur golfers to learn from the
ladies at the top of their profession.
"Archerfield is a fantastic golf
club and hopefully I can make it through the
weekend and be in contention for the amateur award on Sunday!”
Catriona Matthew defends the title she has won twice in the last three
years. She finished on eight-under-par 12 months ago, ending two strokes ahead of England’s
Hannah Burke.
This week is unlike any other during the year for Matthew, because she
can stay at home in nearby North Berwick and take her two young
daughters to school and swimming lessons: “I fit the golf in around
about it!” she commented.
This
event has been won by Scottish players for the last three years as
Carly Booth earned her maiden Ladies European Tour title at the same
venue in 2012.
The only
other winner at Archerfield was Virginie Lagoutte-Clement of France who
won on the LET’s first visit to the facility in 2010.
Of
the nine Scottish players in the field, Kylie Walker is enjoying a
breakthrough season with two play-off victories on the LET this summer,
in Holland and Germany.
She would love to make it a hat-trick in front of a home gallery.
“It
would be very special, I would absolutely love it,” said Walker,
continuing: “It’s such a fun format playing with the amateurs and it
makes us pros a bit more
relaxed than a normal tournament week. Archerfield is a first class
golf facility, one of the best in Scotland. The Fidra Course is a really
good test, especially if the wind picks up, so I can’t wait.”
Entrance
and car parking is free for spectators throughout the tournament and
the leading Scottish players will tee off from 11:50-12:10 in the first
round on Friday,
with earlier starting times from 7.30am on Saturday.
The defending
champion, Catriona Matthew, will play alongside the 2012 winner Carly
Booth for the first two rounds, starting at 12:10 from the first on
Friday and 7:50 from the 10th on Saturday.
For the full draw, use the following link:
http://www.letscoring.com/leaderboard/68220/#k
For further information visit
http://www.ladiesscottishopen.com/ or follow the tournament at
@AberdeenLSO
@ArcherfieldGolf and @LETgolf
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