New 36-hole events for Tartan Tour

THIS year’s Tartan Tour schedule will include five 36-hole events that will give non-PGA professionals and leading Scottish amateurs the chance to lock horns with the country’s leading home-based professionals.

The first of the events, from 30 April to 1 May, will take place at Macdonald Spey Valley in Aviemore, where Scott Henry used a victory last year as a springboard to securing his European Tour card this season.

Cardrona near Peebles (28-29 May), Duddingston (2-3 July) and Brora/Tain (24-25 September) have also been confirmed as venues with one more to be added in July.