Women's Scottish Open

Scotsman golf correspondent Martin Dempsters previews the Women's Scottish Open at Dundonald Links.

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00:00Hello it's Martin Dempster the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here coming to you from Dundonald

00:08Links venue for the third year running of the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open and boy

00:18do we have a world class field here this week for the two million dollar tournament which

00:25is co-sanctioned by the LET and LPGA. Five of the world's top 10 are teeing up here as are 34

00:33Olympians led by the gold medalist in France at the weekend Lydia Cole. It really is a top class

00:43event as I say Dundonald staging this for the third year in a row has become a really nice

00:49home for this event and of course it precedes the AIG Women's Open which takes place at St Andrews

00:57next week. Lots of the players will have one eye on that but of course winning in Scotland

01:03in this event would certainly be a nice addition to any player's CV. We've got three Scots in the

01:11field led by our top-ranked women golfer Gemma Dryborough and Gemma she's been handed a dream

01:19draw in the opening two rounds. She'll be out with the aforementioned Lydia Cole and the defending

01:25champion French player Celine Boutier. They're out early tomorrow morning as is Kylie Henry

01:32who will hit the opening shot from the first tee just after 7am. The third Scot in the field is

01:40Laura Beveridge. She's secured an invitation along with Henry and both those players will be

01:46aiming to make the most of what is a huge opportunity. A lovely sunny day here on the

01:51Ayrshire coast as you can see behind me. It wasn't so good on Tuesday and unfortunately the weather

01:57forecast isn't great for Thursday's opening round when it's set to be wet for most of the day.

02:03However set to be fair thereafter and if anyone is thinking about coming along to this event I

02:11would certainly recommend it. As I say a world-class field, a great venue and we're set for four

02:18exciting days once again. To keep up to date with anything in the golf world log on to

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