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Dundonald Links to host
Scottish Open for first
time in 2017 Dundonald
Links, in North Ayrshire,
Scotland, will host the
Aberdeen Asset
Management Scottish
Open for the first time in
2017. Located near the town of Irvine, Dundonald Links –
which is undergoing major renovation works – will follow on
from Castle Stuart Golf Links, the host venue for the 34th
edition of Scotland’s national Open from July 7-10, 2016. The
stunning 7,100-yard, par 72 layout was designed by the
highly-acclaimed golf course architect Kyle Phillips, whose
creations also include Kingsbarns, one of the three venues
for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, and The Grove,
which will host the British Masters supported by Sky Sports
for the first time this year.
First International
Women’s Golf Day, Set
For Tuesday, June 7 The
inaugural International
Women’s Golf Day (WGD)
will be celebrated around
the world on Tuesday,
June 7, 2016. Between the
hours of 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm, this first-of-its-kind, globalgrowth-of-the-game event will welcome women and girls to
golf facilities where they’ll be introduced to the game in a
welcoming and spirited environment. The event also
encourages existing female golf enthusiasts to attend and tee
it up for nine holes of late-afternoon scramble-format golf.
To learn more about the Women’s Golf Day visit:
www.womensgolfday.com/about
Golf ’s Greats To Tee Off
In Carnoustie Country
From July 21-24, over 30
Major Champions will
compete for the 2016
Senior Open
Championship on the
legendary Carnoustie
Championship course, jewel in the crown of Carnoustie
Country’s 34 courses. Golfing greats such as Bernhard Langer,
Tom Watson and Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie will be
battling to win the 2016 Senior Open Championship
Presented By Rolex. And although the competitors will be
the world’s top Senior golfers, they’ll be pitting their
exceptional golfing skills against a course which is widely
considered one of the most challenging in the world.
Las Colinas Golf &
Country Club partners
with The Belfry for 2016
Copa Las Colinas. Iconic
four-time Ryder Cup host
venue The Belfry will
stage one of the
qualifying tournaments
for this year’s Copa Las Colinas mixed team event at Las
Colinas Golf & Country Club. The four-time host of golf ’s
biggest team event joins a number of other European courses
that will stage Copa Las Colinas qualifying tournaments, each
of which offers the winning team an all-expenses-paid trip to
take part in the final at Las Colinas in September. British
screen, radio and stage star Denise van Outen has already
signed up to play in the final.
Next Stop Vietnam for
Troon in Asia. Troon, the
leader in upscale golf
course management,
development and
marketing is proud to
announce it has been
selected to manage Ernie
Els’ first Golf Academy,
The Els Performance Golf Academy. Forming the
centerpiece of the master planned Ecopark residential
community near Vietnam’s vibrant capital, Hanoi, the fourtime Major champion’s academy represents a further
collaboration between Troon’s International Division and
the Els brand, following on from the development of the
award winning Els Clubs in Dubai and Datai and Desaru in
Malaysia.
IAGTO Costa Brava
Trophy to showcase
Spain’s Golf and
Gastronomy Capital
Spain’s award-winning
Costa Brava region,
celebrating its ‘Year of
Golf 2016’, which
commemorates 50 years
of golf in the region, is to welcome more than 70 tour
operators and travel agents from 25 countries when it hosts
the IAGTO Costa Brava Trophy, May 23-25. Also coinciding
with Costa Brava’s ‘Year of Wine & Gastronomy 2016’, the
event will combine networking opportunities, destination
briefings and workshops with a tournament at Spain’s no.1
course and three-time Spanish Open venue, The Stadium
Course at PGA Catalunya Resort, near Girona.
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