THE R&A HAS UPDATED ITS AMATEUR EVENTS SCHEDULE

The R&A has announced that, due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, it has made further revisions to its Amateur Championships schedule.

The latest changes to The R&A Amateur Championships are:

The Women’s Amateur Championship, which was due to be played at Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club, has moved south of the border. It will now be played at the West Lancashire Golf Club from 25-29 August. The Ayrshire venue will host the 2021 championship from 8-12 June.

The Men's Amateur Championship will now only be played at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club from 25-30 August. The stroke play and matchplay phases are normally played at two different venues.

Unfortunately, The R&A Girls' Amateur, Boys Amateur and Women’s Senior Amateur championships have all been cancelled.

The 41st Curtis Cup, which was due to be played from 12-14 June 2020, has been rescheduled to 3-5 September 2021 at the Conwy Golf Club in Wales.

The R&A has stated that it believes the revised schedule will create a strong run of amateur events.

That run of events will start with the English Men’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (the Brabazon Trophy) at Sherwood Forest (18-21 August) and the English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Burnham & Berrow (18-20 August).

Next on the schedule will be the Women’s Amateur Championship at West Lancashire (25-29 August) and the Men's Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale (25-30 August).

Finally, there will be a series of European amateur events, including the Men's European Amateur Championship in France (2-5 September), the Women's European Amateur Team Championship in Sweden (9-12 September), the Men's European Amateur Team Championship in the Netherlands (also 9-12 September) and the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship in Slovenia (30 September to 3 October).

Duncan Weir, The R&A Executive Director of Golf Development & Amateur Championships, said:

“We have been working hard to make sure we can deliver The Amateur and Women’s Amateur championships in August in as safe a manner as possible for players and officials. With that in mind, we plan to stage both championships at neighbouring venues in the north west of England so we can concentrate our resources in one area."

“We look forward to staging these great championships which will provide an opportunity for the leading players to compete at the highest level and, if eligible, stake their claims for places in the Walker and Curtis cups as well as other international matches next year."

“We are also delighted to confirm the dates for the Curtis Cup match and look forward to welcoming the players of both teams to Conwy in 2021.”

Now that the 5 mile travel restrictions have been lifted in Scotland, it will be possible for Scotland's top amateurs to enter the championships south of the border. But, they will have to miss out in the European Team Championships this year. Scottish Golf has already confirmed that, due to the coronavirus crisis, it will not be sending teams to either of those events.

Entries for The Amateur and The Women's Amateur Championships are now open. The closing date is the 30th July. For further information visit:
https://bit.ly/AmateurEntries

For news about all The R&A Amateur Championships visit: www.RandA.org