Golfers Martin Webb from Lanark and Motherwell’s Paul Higgins will hope to help Scotland clinch the 24th Phoenix Cup international later this month.
Golfers with disabilities from countries including Germany, Holland, Ireland and England will travel to Cardrona in Peebles for the competition, which runs from Sunday-Tuesday, August 25-27.
The Phoenix Cup is based on the Solheim/Ryder Cup internationals, is played over three days and includes the traditional match-play formats of foursomes, fourball and singles competitions.
Last October, Scottish Disability Golf and Curling (SDGC) selected a European team and travelled to the USA, to take on their best disabled golfers, and beat them over the Rotonda Course, near Tampa in Florida.
Jim Gales, event organiser and captain of the European team in Florida, said: “The Phoenix Cup has been on a wee promotional tour of the country since we returned victorious from the US, and has been pictured with lots of politicians, representatives from the likes of Scottish Golf and numerous golf clubs around the country, so raising the profile of the sport for golfers with disabilities.
“The SDGC was the first fully inclusive disabled golf group in the world and created the Phoenix Cup to incorporate anyone of any age, with any type of sensory, intellectual or physical disability.”
And he added: “To date, the Phoenix Cup has involved 693 golfers from 18 nations and has been staged in six countries, like the US, Canada, Scotland and Spain.”
