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Sponsorship
 To find our more about how your company can become involved with the Scottish Golf Union through our wide range of sponsorship packages, please contact Ross Duncan, Marketing & Sponsorship Manager, on 01334 466477 or click here. The Scottish Golf Union has a wide range of sponsors who invest money, resources and support into the amateur game in Scotland. Sponsorship income generates around 20% of the SGU’s revenue per annum and has grown significantly in recent years with the recruitment of several major long-term partners. Our sponsors benefit from association with one of Scotland’s biggest sporting audiences, from grass roots level through to the high performance of our national championships and events, squads, on-line activity, hospitality and media coverage. Our major sponsors are listed below: Aberdeen Asset Management |  | Official sponsors of the Scotland Men’s and Boy’s squads and a partner of the Scottish Golf Academy. Aberdeen Asset Management is an international investment group with global asset totalling in excess of £169 billion. A major supporter of Scottish golf, Aberdeen Asset Management also sponsor Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie, Sandy Lyle and Catriona Matthew in addition to their events sponsorship portfolio of the Ladies Scottish Open and Northern Open.
| | Link: www.aberdeen-asset.com | Related Photo: Aberdeen Asset Management
| Adidas |  | | Official clothing supplier to the Scottish Golf Union’s squads since 2001, kitting out Scotland’s leading amateur golfers from head-to-toe with performance apparel, outerwear, golf shoes and Tour bags. Adidas is one of the world’s most famous golf brands, with sponsorship of some of the game’s biggest names including Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and Paul Creamer. | | Link: www.adidasgolf.com | Related Photo: Adidas | Annodata |
| Annodata, formed in 1988, has become one of Europe’s largest independent vendors for print, document, data and communication technologies that drive enterprises. The company has over 4000 clients, serviced by a team of 400 highly skilled sales, service and support specialists. It consistently develops solutions that deliver the optimal cost and return on investment, whilst providing significant productivity and service improvements.
| | Link: www.annodata.co.uk | Related Photo: Annodata | Belhaven Best
|  | The SGU’s longest standing sponsor, having launched our partnership back in 1999. The current sponsorship deal is worth more than £250,000 from 2011 – 2013 and sees Belhaven investing in the Scottish Club Handicap Championship and Captains & Secretaries Championship as the Official beer Partner of the SGU. Belhaven Best is Scotland’s number one ale brand and regarded as the ‘Golfer’s Pint’, selling an estimated one million pints a year across its portfolio of more than 250 golf clubhouses.
| | Link: www.belhaven.co.uk | Related Photo: Belhaven Best | Carrick Neill |  | | The Scottish Golf Union’s official insurance partner, Carrick Neill is also endorsed by the English Golf Union and Ladies Golf Union. Carrick Neill provides specialist golf insurance policies for individual golfers as well as providing cover for hundreds of golf clubs across the UK. Carrick Neill is part of Giles Insurance Brokers Ltd and has worked with the SGU since the 1990s. The company sponsors the Scottish Stroke Play Championship. | | Link: www.golferspolicy.co.uk | Related Photo: Carrick Neill
| Centro Yas Island |  | | The official accommodation partner of the Scotland Men’s Squad’s warm weather training camp in Abu Dhabi, the Centro Yas Island is a modern, stylish and affordable hotel with a contemporary concept. This 259 room hotel meets the demands of the new generation of traveller, seeking finess and functionality at reasonable rates, set close to the spectacular Yas Links golf course, making it the perfect destination for Scottish golfers visiting the Arabian gulf. | | Link: www.rotana.com/centrohotels/unitedarabemirates/abudhabi/centroyasisland | Related Photo: Centro Yas Island | Dunfermline Building Society |  | | An iconic Scottish Brand, Dunfermline Building Society has been partners of the SGU since 2007 and currently sponsor the Scottish Boys Area Team Championship, while also providing the Fairway Saver Affinity Accounts to thousands of golfers, providing investment to golf at the grass roots level. A trading division of the Nationwide Building Society, Dunfermline Building Society has 34 branches across Scotland. | | Link: www.dunfermline.com | Related Photo: Dunfermline Building Society | Golf Data Lab
|  | | Golf Data Lab is the exclusive supplier of performance data to the Scottish Golf Union squads and sponsors of the Scottish Youths Championship. The company provides statistical data and measurement on players’ performance, designed to improve future performance and identify key practice requirements. Golf Data Lab also works with a number of players on the European Tour and its innovative website tools are also available for the ‘average’ club golfer. | | Link: www.golfdatalab.com | Related Photo: Golf Data Lab
| Highland Spring
|  | | Highland Spring has a long standing relationship with golf in Scotland and is now the Official Sponsor of the SGU and SLGA’s Junior Masters, an event providing grass roots junior golfers the opportunity of playing in their first national championship. Highland Spring is also a proud partner of ClubGolf and official water supplier to the SGU’s National Events. Highland Spring also supports many professional events in Scotland, including the Scottish Open and Johnnie Walker Championship.
| | Link: www.highland-spring.com | Related Photo: Highland Spring
| Loretto School
|  | | Official sponsors of the Scottish Boys & Girls U14s Championship since 2004, the Loretto School Golf Academy, based just outside Edinburgh, provides a unique opportunity for children from 12 years old and upwards to develop their golfing talent alongside a first-class education. The Academy’s aim is to foster golfing skills in as many pupils as possible and to play a significant part in producing Scottish, British and World Champions. The Academy has had considerable success and is now widely recognised as one of the top golf schools in the UK. | | Link: www.lorettoschool.co.uk | Related Photo: Loretto School | Moneygate |  | | Moneygate are a national, multi-award winning financial services group with headquarters in the North-East of England and have been sponsors of the Scottish Area Team Championship since 2010. Moneygate provides access to the best investment funds, pensions, savings products, UK mortgage deals and insurance policies, with a range of solutions to match the needs of their customers. | | Link: www.moneygate.co.uk | Related Photo: Moneygate | Royal Bank of Scotland |
| | RBS sponsorship properties range from major sports events such as the RBS 6 Nations to sports personalities of past and present such as Andy Murray and Jack Nicklaus. RBS sponsorship of grass roots golf extended to becoming the Official Sponsor of ClubGolf in 2011 supporting the drive to introduce every 9-year-old primary school pupil to golf by the 2014 Ryder Cup. RBS is also official sponsor of the Junior Club and Volunteer of the Year Awards. | | Link: www.rbs.com/home.ashx | Related Photo: Royal Bank of Scotland
| Scottish Hydro |
| | A major investor in Scottish golf in recent years, Scottish Hydro – part of Scottish and Southern Energy group – launched their 3-year sponsorship of the SGU Junior Tour in December 2011 and are also title sponsors of the Boys Order of Merit. The innovative Team Scottish Hydro project was also launched in 2011, supporting five Scottish players on the Challenge Tour, while the company’s golf portfolio includes the Scottish Hydro Challenge.
| | Link: www.teamscottishhydro.com/team | Related Photo: Scottish Hydro
| Titleist |  | | Titliest, the number one ball in golf, is the official supplier of practice balls for the SGU’s national championships, providing the Pro V1 and Pro V1X to the practice grounds of our major host venues throughout the season. Titleist’s headline player sponsorships include US Open Champion Rory McIlroy and WGC champion Adam Scott. | | Link: www.titleist.com | Related Photo: Titleist | TSG |  | | TSG is Scotland’s leading IT Services business and provides independent IT solutions in hardware, software and support to small and medium sized businesses. TSG’s expertise is founded on the skills of their technical and advisory staff, providing business software solutions such as Microsoft NAV, Pegasus and Sage. As official technology partner to the SGU, TSG provides IT Support to the SGU’s head office with additional on-site support during key championships. | | Link: www.tsg.com | Related Photo: TSG | Yas Links |  | | Yas Links in Abu Dhabi is the home of the Scotland Men’s Squad’s warm weather training camp every November and December, providing world class golf and training facilities to our country’s leading amateurs. Rated among the top 100 courses in the world by Golf World, the Kyle Phillips designed course is the first Links in the Middle East region set amid stunning scenery blending the unique traditions of the game with the ultimate test of golf. | | Link: www.yaslinks.com | Related Photo: Yas Links
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To find our more about how your company can become involved with the Scottish Golf Union through our wide range of sponsorship packages, please contact Ross Duncan, Marketing & Sponsorship Manager, on 01334 466477 or click here.
