Single governing body for Scottish golf a step closer to becoming a reality

A SIGNIFICANT step has been taken in an effort to resuscitate the bid to create a unified body to run Scottish golf.

Delegates at last night’s Lothians Golf Association annual meeting at Newbattle were told that an independent chairman had agreed to spearhead a new working group.

The development was revealed by outgoing Lothians president Denys Flaherty as he delivered an update on the proposed amalgamation of the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association.

It failed to win sufficient support when it was voted on by the 16 men’s Area associations in Scotland around 18 months ago.

Reporting on the progress since then, Flaherty said the SGU chairman Tom Craig and its president Maurice Shields had met with the Area executives.

“At these meetings it was confirmed that all the Areas wished to continue to work towards amalgamation and hopefully see it to fruition providing that the terms were satisfactory,” he remarked.