Britain and Ireland’s Lady Golfers Play Their Way to Scottish Finale - 17th Mar 2005

The 2005 Health Perception LGU Championship is set to get underway in early Spring as the first qualifying rounds of this international competition take place throughout golf clubs in Great Britain & Ireland.

Last year, this event attracted more than 22,000 players in the initial stages and the organisers are hoping that the number will increase once again. In June and July the winners of each club qualifying competition will progress to 14 Regional Finals, which take place across 14 venues in the UK and Ireland. The list of regional venues includes Wallasey, the home of Stableford competition, which is the scoring format under which this championship is played, and Coventry Finham Golf Club which has held many professional events in the past. The 14 venues cover the country from Arcot Hall in Northumberland, down to Orchardleigh in the South West. In Ireland, top Irish venue Malone, will cater for the North of the country and Athy, in Kildare, will cater for the South.

The Grand Final this year will take place at the Open Championship venue of Turnberry, the famous Ailsa course having played host to thrilling Men’s and Women’s Open Championships. The never to be forgotten "Duel in the Sun" between Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson in 1977 was the first Open Championship to be staged at the venue and the Weetabix Women’s British Open was played in Scotland for the first time when it visited Turnberry in 2002.

With its world-renowned hotel and excellent facilities, including the Colin Montgomerie Golf Academy, there could be no finer venue to bring this international championship to a close. Each winner from the Regional Finals will go through to the Grand Final, which takes place on the Monday 26th September 2005.

The winner of the Health Perception LGU Championship will take the title of "Champion Lady Golfer for 2005" and will also receive an invitation from the Ladies’ Golf Union to take part in the Weetabix Women’s British Open Pro-Am at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s Golf Club on Wednesday 2nd August 2006. Official Clothing Sponsor to this year’s Championship is Green Lamb.

The sponsors of the competition, Health Perception, are delighted to be supporting this event for the third year. Health Perception’s Managing Director is the Olympic Gold Medallist, David Wilkie: "In two years we have seen this competition grow from a concept to a well-established event in the golfing calendar. Each year it allows us to meet new people and go to new places. Many of the players use our products and it provides us an opportunity to meet them face to face."

Health Perception makes the UK’s best selling range of glucosamine supplements, which are designed to help keep joints supple and support the body’s connective tissues.

Related Links

• http://www.lgu.org

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