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While the return of The Open to Turnberry begins to take thickness, the DP World Tour has just announced the creation of a new stage of the Closing Swing on a route belonging to the American president Donald Trump in Scotland.
The Scottish championshipnot to be confused with the Genesis Scottish Open co-sanctioned by the PGA Tourhas just been added to the calendar of DP World Tour.
This tournament, the latest edition of which took place in 2020, is scheduled from August 7 to 10 will have the Théâtre the Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and will have $ 2.75 million.
It will be the first time that the main circuit has stopped on this route located north of Aberdeen and this Scottish Championship will be the penultimate meeting of the Closing Swingthe fifth and last Global Swing which is the first phase of the 2025 season of the DP World Tour.
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Two tournaments in two weeks!
Note that the route, signed by Martin Hawtree In 2012, enjoys a very good reputation since the European senior circuit has already settled in the last two years here and this will again be the case the preceding week (July 30 to August 3) for the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.
“The Trump International Golf Links Scotland is already considered one of the best modern golf courses in the United Kingdom and promises to be an excellent place for the return of the Scottish Championship to our calendar. »» explained Guy Kinningsthe CEO of the DP World Tour.
The Scottish Championship was disputed for the last time in October 2020, when the Basque Adrian Otaegui had imposed itself with four blows ahead of Matt Wallace au Fairmont St Andrews.
The latest Closing Swing tournament will conclude with Denmark Championship at the Golf du Furesø Golf Klub in Copenhagen. This will be the last opportunity for players to qualify for the “Back 9”, the second phase of the season of the DP World Tour, which will start with the Betfred British Masters Organized by Sir Nick Faldo at Belfry, from August 21 to 24.
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