R&A support ladies' golf - at both

professional and amateur levels

FROM THE R&A WEBSITE

A cheque for £75,000 has been presented to the Ladies European Tour’s Executive Director, Alexandra Armas, in continuation of the support that The R&A has given to the LET since the early 1990s.

At selected events throughout 2009, The R&A will also provide referees.

In return, a starting place in one of the 2009 LET tournaments will be awarded to the women’s champion in The R&A Scholars Tournament, played on April 6 and 7.

The R&A has again shown its support for ladies amateur golf with the award of £135,000 to the Ladies Golf Union to cover both the next two Vagliano Trophies and the 2010 Curtis Cup.

Next year’s Vagliano Trophy will be held at the Hamburger Golf Club, Germany, while 2011’s will take place at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales.

The 2010 Curtis Cup will be hosted by the Essex Country Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.

At this month’s Argentina Open, two of 2008’s female scholars have performed well while representing The R&A.

Sweden’s Christina Petersson and Scotland’s Laura Murray (Alford GC and Robert Gordon University), whose trip to South America was funded by The R&A, finished sixth and 12th respectively at the event.