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Article: Loch Lomond sale will not alter Scottish Open status
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- November 5, 2008
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ALTHOUGH the 'For Sale' signs now hang over the exclusive terrain
of Loch Lomond golf club, the European Tour insisted yesterday that
a change of ownership will not effect the staging of the Barclays
Scottish Open in 2009.
Both the Tour and Loch Lomond golf club own 50 per cent of the
Scottish Open title. This means any prospective purchaser of
Scotland's most highly regarded inland course would also inherit an
equal share in ownership of the home of golf's national
championship.
According to Peter Adams, the championship director of the
Scottish Open, the Tour are confident the next staging of one of
their most prestigious events won't be disrupted.
Adams said last night: "The European ...