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Golf competitions and golfing events in Scotland including local competitions in and around  Loch Lomond, Scotland. Take a golf break and enjoy some of the local amateur golf competitions in and around Loch Lomond in the heart of central Scotland.

Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open : 3rd to 5th May 2012 : Archerfield Links, East Lothian
After a hugely successful tournament in August 2011, the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open is returning to Archerfield this year, at the earlier date of between 3rd and 5th May.

Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open : 12th to 15th July 2012 : Castle Stuart Golf Club, Inverness
Luke Donald braved wind and rain to pick up his second title of 2011 with a 54-hole victory on The European Tour’s first visit to Castle Stuart Golf Links. It certainly was stereotypical Scottish weather but it, and the resulting delays in play, could not derail the Englishman’s seemingly serene path to victory. The Tour returns to Castle Stuart in 2012, having spent 15 years at Loch Lomond GC, and having previously been held at Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Haggs Castle, St Andrews and Downfield GC since the first event in 1972. In recent years, with its proximity to The Open Championship the following week and its often picturesque and testing venues, this event tends to assemble one of the strongest fields of the season.

The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex : 26th to 29th July 2012 : Turnberry Resort
The Senior Open presented by Rolex returns to Turnberry for a record seventh time in 2012. It is the first time the Scottish venue has hosted the Championship since 2006 when American Loren Roberts triumphed in a play-off over Argentina’s Eduardo Romero. Turnberry hosted the inaugural Senior Open Championship in 1987 and American Russ Cochran will be the defending champion after winning the 25th anniversary edition at Walton Heath in 2011, taking the title by two shots from compatriot and 1989 Open Champion Mark Calcavecchia. Germany’s Bernhard Langer claimed the famous trophy when the Senior Open last visited Scotland at Carnoustie in 2010, becoming the first European winner since Christy O’Connor Jnr in 1999 and 2000.

The Scottish Senior Open Championship : 17th to 19th August 2012 : Fairmont, St Andrews

Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles : 23rd to 26th August 2012 : Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
Originally played over Gleneagles’ Monarch’s Course, the championship moved to the Centenary in 2001, where it has been played ever since. Last year Thomas Björn was joined by George Coetzee, Mark Foster, Pablo Larrazabal and Bernd Wiesberger in a pressure packed five man-five hole playoff that would eventually see The Great Dane triumph over the less experienced Coetzee. Since 2008 this tournament has also held a special place in The Ryder Cup calendar on alternate years, as it has been where qualification for the European Team ends, and where the Captain has then finalised his picks. This will once again be the case in 2012, as European Captain José María Olazábal announces the team that he will take to Medinah CC in September, at the venue that will host the next staging of the Cup on European soil.

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship : 4th to 7th Oct 2012 : St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship has quickly become one of the premier events on The European Tour, enjoyed by both the players and spectators alike, as the greats of the game and the world of celebrity join in an entertaining union over three of Scotland’s finest links courses – Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, and of course, St Andrew’s. In 2011 Northern Irishman Michael Hoey got in on his fellow countrymen’s winning way, taking the biggest title of his career so far, and in doing so holding off the title challenges of two of his aforementioned compatriots – Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. Scotland’s Paul Lawrie won the inaugural event in 2001 with a roller coaster putt from the Valley of Sin in front of St Andrew’s iconic 18th hole, and since then the likes of Lee Westwood, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer and Padraig Harrington (twice) have all lifted the trophy at The Home of Golf.

PGA European Tour Website: www.europeantour.com
Ladies European Tour Website: www.ladieseuropeantour.com

For a comprehensive guide of other tournaments held throughout Scotland, order a copy of :

The Wee Yellow Book of Amateur Golf Events in Scotland

Copies available for £4.00 from David Marshall, 43 Bruce Avenue, Cambuslang, Glasgow G72 8SX, enclosing a C5 (A5) size stamped addressed envelope.