Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship returns to Dalmahoy in 2024

14/12/2023

The Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship will return to the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club for the first time since 1996 as the Arnold Clark Tartan Tour’s flagship event reacquaints itself with one of its most storied venues in 2024.

The 72-hole showpiece, won by Graeme Robertson at Scotscraig last season, will be held from August 27-30 and will highlight another excellent year of competition on the domestic circuit.

Dalmahoy and the Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship have a long and cherished relationship stretching back to 1931, when the venue on the outskirts of Edinburgh first held the event.

It would return for a five-year run between 1981 and 1985 and produced decorated champions of the calibre of Brian Barnes, Bernard Gallacher and Sam Torrance.

When the event came back to Dalmahoy in 1993 for a four-year residency, Torrance won his fifth national title during a period when the championship was in its shimmering pomp.

The Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship forms part of a robust schedule featuring an impressive array of Order of Merit contests, Young Professionals’ events and a series of well-established Pro-Ams.

The Northern Open, part of The PGA’s Open Series, will return to Cruden Bay for the first time since 2015 and will be held from June 6-7 while two old favourites, the Deer Park Masters (August 6-7) and the Kerr Investments 36-hole Pro-Am at Dumfries & Galloway (August 17-18), remain eagerly anticipated mainstays.

The Order of Merit schedule will be bolstered by three 36-hole Challenge events at Stirling, Strathaven and Strathmore while the Arnold Clark Tour Championship, for the top-10 players on the OOM, will bring the curtain down on the season when it is staged at the King’s Course at Gleneagles on October 9.

On the Young Professionals’ front, meanwhile, the Scottish Young Professionals’ Championship, with a history dating back to 1958, will be played at Crieff for the second year in a row from July 1-3.

The Arnold Clark Order of Merit series is regarded as one of the most competitive on the circuit and we are delighted to take these events to some new venues this year.

- David Longmuir - Manager of The PGA in Scotland

The Sandy Pipey Young Masters, another valued staple of the domestic scene, will take place at Royal Dornoch from September 22-23 with three Pro Scot Young Professionals’ Sprint Series events taking place at the Queen’s Course, Hilton Park and Bathgate in May and July.

The top 18 players from that Sprint Series will qualify for a new, one-day Pro-Am at Gailes Links on August 22.

The hugely popular Highland Links 54-hole Pro-Am, at Royal Dornoch, Castle Stuart and Nairn, is another highlight on the diary while 14 Pro-Ams, at a variety of admired venues throughout the country, give the schedule added lustre.

Looking forward to the 2024 campaign, David Longmuir, the manager of The PGA in Scotland, said: “The PGA in Scotland is delighted to present the 2024 playing schedule for members and we are excited to be going back to Dalmahoy for the Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship for the first time since 1996.

“Dalmahoy occupies a special place in the history of the PGA in Scotland and we are looking forward to a marvellous week of golf there in late August. We are also thrilled to be taking the Northern Open back to Cruden Bay as part of the PGA Open Series but also as part of a year-long celebration marking 125 years since the club was officially opened.

“We believe we have a good mix of events for all members and we are grateful to all our sponsors who have remained so supportive this year and in recent years.

“The Arnold Clark Order of Merit series is regarded as one of the most competitive on the circuit and we are delighted to take these events to some new venues this year.

“We also look forward to watching all our members compete and play with the many amateurs who continue to support the wide range of Pro-Ams which are on offer. Thank you to all the host clubs and local sponsors who make these events happen and we wish all our members, sponsors, host venues and club golfers a very successful 2024 season.”