The Scottish Golf National Events is a regional qualifying series which happens every year. It is a 9 hole flag event for the kids and the teams are consisted up of 4 players with the best 3 scores to count being the teams overall score. As part of the qualifying series The Paul Lawrie Foundation will host 3 of the national qualifying events, the winners of each regional qualifier will go on to qualify for the national final at Gleneagles on Saturday 2nd of September.

On Sunday the 2nd of July, The Pual Lawrie Foundation hosted a regional qualifier at Strathlene Golf Club. the wind was blowing all day long with showers of rain which made it very challenging for the players. There was 5 teams competing in this qualifier and was a very competitive qualifier with a few teams in the running for the chance to qualify at Gleneagles. Strathlen Buckie Team 1 came out victorious and will qualify for the national final at Gleneagles.

Please see results below.

Position

Team

Points

1

Strathlene Buckie Golf Club 1

285

2

Duff House Royal Golf Club

280

3

Keith Golf Club

265

4

Forres Golf Club & Strathlene Buckie Golf Club Team 2

245

 

The second national flag qualifier took place on Sunday 9th of July at The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre which saw 10 teams participating in the event. There was also a stableford pilot which consisted of 5 teams and was getting a trialed out before being introduced by Scottish Golf next year. The weather stayed dry all day and the sun was shining. It was great to see over 60  junior golfers competing in the different sections and for some kids was their first ever competition. The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre team scored a fantastic 295 points which saw them qualify for the national final on Saturday the 2nd of September.

Please see results below.

Position

Team

Points

1

Paul Lawrie Golf Centre

295

2

Cruden Bay Golf Club Team 2

265

3

Kemnay Golf Club Team 1

265

4

Aboyne Golf Club

260

5

Stonehaven Golf Club

255

6

Cruden Bay Golf Club Team 1

255

7

Westhill Golf Club Team 1

250

8

Peterculter Golf Club Team 1

230

9

Kemnay Golf Club Team 2

230

10

Royal Montrose Mercantile Golf Club

220

11

Peterculter Golf Club Team 2

215

12

Westhill Golf Club Team 2

210

Stableford Pilot

Position

Team

Points

1

Royal Montrose Mercantile

75

2

Paul Lawrie Golf Centre

68

3

Westhill Golf Club

67

4

Strathlene Buckie Golf Club

56

5

Carnoustie Craws

48