Scottish Golf cancels first three national events in 2021 due to Covid restrictions

Scottish Golf has cancelled its first three 2021 national championships, all scheduled for April, due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.

Scottish Golf has cancelled the Scottish Boys' Open, Scottish Girls' Open and Scottish Women's Open, all scheduled for April. Picture: Scottish Golf

The decision to call off the Scottish Boys’ Open, Scottish Girls’ Open and Scottish Women’s Open follows discussions between the governing body, sportscotland and the Scottish Government.

Unlike elsewhere in the UK or Ireland, courses in Scotland are currently open, but, with restrictions still set to be in place in April, the events at Lundin, Longniddry and Royal Troon have all been scrapped.

“Following the latest update from the First Minister, and further discussions with our partners at sportscotland and the Scottish Government, it is with regret that Scottish Golf has taken the decision to cancel the hosting of our first three national championships,” said a statement.

“To avoid creating additional pressure on tee-sheets at our host venues, and to give club members as much access to their course as possible, we will not be rescheduling these events.

“We will be in touch with everyone who has entered to issue a full refund in due course.”

The entire 2020 Scottish Golf schedule was scrapped due to the pandemic, but the plan is to look at events individually going forward this year.

For national open events, a decision will be made at the closing date, for national closed events it will be two weeks before the practice day and for national club events a call will be made one week before the start date.

“We will continue to work with both sportscotland and the Scottish Government to regularly review all upcoming events alongside Scotland’s strategic framework for the planned easing of restrictions,” added the governing body.

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