Jul 4th, 2018 Article
Golfing legends back Glasgow 2018
Two Scottish golfing legends are looking forward to history being made at the inaugural European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles in August.
Two Scottish golfing legends are looking forward to history being made at the inaugural European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles in August.
It has been a while since GolfPunk last chatted to Mel Reid and so we were delighted to have a call with her a few weeks back. As well as finding out how she coped with the COVID pandemic we also got to her ask her, amongst other things, about the Solheim Cup, the big-hitting Bryson and her favourite tipple.
England's Charley Hull trails American Lizette Salas by a single shot after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Atlanta. Hull, who started at the 10th tee, was one-under to the turn before coming alive on her back nine with four birdies and a lone bogey to card a four-under-par 68. "I can't actually remember much of my round today. I just felt quite focused," said Hull.
The economic value of golf tourism and events to Scotland has increased to £286 million per year following a bumper decade in Scotland.
The Ladies European Tour announce a record-breaking 2021 schedule featuring 27 events in 19 different countries, the Solheim Cup and the Summer Olympics, with players competing for a combined prize fund of more than €19 million: an increase of €2 million on the proposed pre-COVID-19 announcement for the 2020 season and €6 million on 2019.
A ground-breaking co-sanctioning agreement between the LET and LPGA has been reached that will see Dundonald Links host both the 2017 men’s and ladies’ Scottish Opens.
Gleneagles, the iconic Scottish hotel and sporting estate, will kick-off a spectacular summer of competitive golf with a sell-out International Pro-Am event in July, featuring its golf ambassador and former Open Champion, Paul Lawrie.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
Gleneagles is the newly-crowned 'No.1 Golf Resort in Britain & Ireland', an important accolade that brings the curtain down on a stellar 2017 that has seen the 850-acre Perthshire estate win a host of golf industry awards.
Celine Boutier is the 2021 Lacoste Ladies Open de France champion after securing victory in the most dramatic of fashions at Golf Club du Medoc. The two-time Solheim Cup winner kept her nerve on a frantic final day in Bordeaux, before sinking a fantastic birdie putt on the last to take victory by a single shot ahead of Scotland’s Kylie Henry.
Major-winner Georgia Hall will play with the Ladies European Tour’s first and only Arabic golfer Maha Haddioui in Saudi Arabia this week at $1million Aramco Team Series – Jeddah after choosing the Moroccan from the event’s unique draft. Hall was paired with Haddioui for Saturday’s round of last week’s Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF, where she was impressed by her play.
Catriona Matthew OBE, who led Europe to back-to-back Solheim Cup victories, will captain Great Britain and Ireland in the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale. Signalling a new era for the GB&I side, the Scot will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role for the match taking place against the USA from Friday, 30 August, to Sunday, 1 September 2024.