#TartanWednesday at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

Golf fans in Scotland will be encouraged to turn Gullane Golf Club into a sea of tartan next week when the official Pro-Am day at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open is designated ‘Tartan Wednesday’ ahead of the main event from July 9-12.

The world’s leading professionals, amateurs, celebrities, officials and spectators are invited to enter into the spirit of the campaign to turn #TartanWednesday into a huge success on behalf of the tournament’s official charity, Mindroom.

Following the success of ‘Tartan Tuesday’ at last year’s Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, spectators attending Pro-Am day who arrive at the East Lothian venue next Wednesday bedecked in tartan will become part of a special day which has the potential to build into an annual tradition.

Spectators are encouraged to capture the colour on display and share their experiences online using the official hashtag #TartanWednesday.

So it’s time for all golf fans attending the tournament to look out those tartan tammies and the plaid plus-fours, dust down the colourful kilts and join a party which will add to the unique Scottish flavour of this international sporting event.

And for those tartan-clad spectators, there will be a wonderful opportunity to win special prizes of  ‘made to measure’ tartan trews by Slanj Kilts of Glasgow and a fourball at Gullane for the Best Dressed Fan, as selected by some of the marquee professional players taking part, including defending champion Justin Rose.

All the proceeds of #TartanWednesday will go towards the funds being raised on behalf of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open’s official charity, Mindroom, an independent Scottish charity that supports the families of children and young people with learning difficulties.

Already, a minimum of £8,000 has been guaranteed from the professionals playing in the Pro-Am, who have donated their £4,000 appearance fees to the charitable initiative, while that sum has been fund-matched by title sponsor, Aberdeen Asset Management.

As in recent years, the world famous stars of the tournament have been encouraged to wear Tartan Trews in the Pro-Am, creating a fun and colourful dimension to one of the most important days of the week, while lapel pin badges and tartan ribbon will be available for the public to wear through giving a voluntary donation to Mindroom.

In honour of Rose’s victory at Royal Aberdeen last year, the ribbons will feature the ‘Rose Hunting Modern’ Tartan.
Peter Adams, Championship Director, explained: “We considered a number of options to create awareness of our official tournament charity, and Tartan Wednesday has the scope to create an element of fun and colour to Pro-Am day.

“The leading professionals have been very supportive of our efforts in the past and we anticipate a substantial number of players will take the opportunity to look quite dashing in their Tartan Trews on the golf course as part of Tartan Wednesday.

“This year, we felt it would be nice to involve the amateurs, celebrities, officials and spectators in our charitable initiative and we are excited at the prospect of turning Gullane into a sea of tartan next Wednesday.”

Anyone wishing to make a donation to Mindroom can do so by visiting the charity’s Just Giving page on line: https://www.justgiving.com/mindroom/

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