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To arrange this contact the Arbroath Professional, Lindsay Ewart on 01241 875837. You must take along proof of Carnoustie Golf Links Membership eg your bag tag.

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Sandy (35), who is married to Catherine and has a 1 year old daughter Harriet, hails originally from Blair Atholl. After graduating from Elmwood College in Fife he worked at Letham Grange for 3 years before making the move to Carnoustie where he has spent the last 7 years as Championship Course Head Greenkeeper. A keen golfer and curler, last year his curling team were beaten finalist in the Scottish Championships, Sandy said that

“It is an honour to be following on from John and I will do my best to ensure that the high standards set at Carnoustie continue. I’m looking forward to working with a fantastic team and meeting all futurechallenges”.

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Chairman, Gordon Wilson said “I think everybody knows how important John has been for Carnoustie and bringing The Open back here. There was a lot of talk about hotels, access and improved facilities but the most important thing was the condition of the golf course. He is the man who secured that.”

The 11th hole was chosen due to the fact its the closest tee to the Greenkeeping sheds and the name Dyke was out of date.

John Philp admitted he was touched and honoured by the decision. “I think everyone knows how close to my heart the course is so to have this done is a wonderful honour”

John moved from St Andrews to Carnoustie in 1985. During his tenure Carnoustie has staged 2 Open Championships, many European Tour events, several Amateur Championships as well the Senior Open and the Ladies Open.     

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Friends and family of the late Ross Cargill gathered on Saturday 7th April to present a memorial bench, in his name, to Carnoustie Golf Links. The bench was funded by money raised by the group’s annual charity golf day. Nicky Christie and Graeme Duncan accepted the bench on behalf of Carnoustie Golf Links. Thanks also go to Colin Sinclair for giving the bench a prime location outside the pro shop, overlooking the Championship Course. 

Back: Nicky Christie, Martin Roy, Peter Green, Andrew Lamont, Keir McNicoll, Mark Russell, Eric Ramsay, Neil Jeffery, Graeme Gibb, Blair Young, Graeme Duncan, Jim Watson, David Robertson, Neil Watson.

 Front: Stuart Nelson, Scott Mann, Ian Evans, Craig Robertson, David Hovell, Graeme Ward, Jamie Fulton, Neil Cargill, Peter Gordon, Jenny Mitchell, Owen Mitchell, Paul Mitchell, Isla Young, Glen Young, Lorraine

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The Championship will be staged at Carnoustie for a fifth time with qualifying also taking place at Panmure, a previous Open Local Final Qualifying course.

Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, The R&A’s Executive Director – Championships, said: “The Amateur Championship has a proud tradition of being contested over the finest links courses in the British Isles.

I am delighted that the Championship will be returning to Carnoustie and will offer  Scottish golf fans the chance to watch some of the world’s best amateur golfers in action.

Previous Championships have seen some of golf’s greatest names, such as past champions Jose Maria Olazabal , Sergio Garcia and more recently Matteo Manassero, announce themselves on the world stage. I’m sure in 2015 we will again see some future household names competing for the trophy.”

Carnoustie is one of the most famous venues in world golf having hosted The Open seven times, most recently in 2007. The Angus links has also hosted the Amateur Championship in 1947, 1966, 1971 and most recently in 1992 when home favourite Stephen Dundas defeated Welshman Bradley Dredge.

As well as Open qualifying, Panmure hosted final qualifying for last year’s Ricoh Women’s Open, held at Carnoustie, and is regularly rated in theUK’s top 20 golf courses.

Graeme Duncan, General Manager at Carnoustie Golf Links, said: “The Amateur Championship remains one of the world’s foremost amateur events and it is a great honour for Carnoustie to be asked to host it in 2015.

“It is always a pleasure to work with The R&A in preparing for a tournament and we look forward very much to delivering the Championship course in the very best of condition for the event”.

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The draw has been done for the practice round and only those who have paid are included. Any requests with a mixture of those paid and those unpaid, the latter were not included. 98% of requests were for the Championship Course and using a random system we accommodated as many as we could however no doubt there will have been players left disappointed.

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Sunday 2nd September-The official practice day. Following feedback from players and officials it has been decided to do away with the Official Welcome Reception as it was providing less and less value for the players. For any advance tournament information that is not included in this section please contact us on the email or phone number below.  

Any questions please email colin@carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk or for the office administration call 01241 802277 during UK office hours.

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