"It is the second time I have been a speaker at Glencorse, the first having been in the club's Centenary Year in 1990," said Gallacher. My uncle, Watt Renton, has been a member there for a long time and it was him who actually introduced me to both golf and Hibs. He still plays three times a week and he was among those who packed the clubhouse for the dinner."

"Securing a sponsor of the calibre of Bobby Jones Golf Europe is a massive boost," said David Moir, President of the Scottish Golf Union and Convenor of the Championship Committee since its inception in 1973.

"It is vital that we continue to grow our revenues from sponsorship to keep The East at the level to which the most important people, the players, have grown accustomed over the last 35 years."

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