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Super Scot Stevie Gallacher turns the big 5 0 later later this week and he’s already excitedly looking forward to hopefully tackling the next challenge in his super career – competing Stateside on the PGA Champions Tour.
Gallacher has teed-up in a staggering 663 DP World Tour events since making his debut as a 19-year-old at the 1993 Scottish Open and in the ensuring years he’s proceeded to earn a cool Euro 12m in prize money.
The Bathgate pro captured the first of four titles in a play-off at the 2004 Dunhill Links at St. Andrews and and then in great family scenes he won the back-to-back 2013 and ’14 Omega Dubai Desert Classic titles before teaming with young son Jack, as his caddy, to capture the 2019 Hero Indian Open.
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Now after having paid a $US 3,300 entry fee, father-and-son will head to the States mid next month and if successful on either one of three pre-qualifying courses they’ll return to TPC Scottsdale in Arizona for the December 3-7 final qualifier and strive to be among the top-5 in a field of some 78 who’ll earn full 2025 Champions Tour status.
Gallacher spoke exclusively with the Scotland’s leading Sunday Mail along with GolfByTourMiss saying: “I’ve entered the Champions Tour Q-School so I feel as though I have to give it a go.
“I will firstly have to compete in pre-qualifying and, if successful, I will be in the final but I want to try my luck and if not, then if not there’s the Legends Tour here in Europe.
“It’s not going to be easy and it will be tough though the likes of Robert Karlsson and Thongchai (Jaidee) qualified for this year’s Champions Tour and when I last checked they’re both inside the top-50 this year.
“So, with Jack coming over with me to caddy, I don’t want to let this opportunity pass”.
In turning 50 on Friday (November 1st), and though it’s been five years on from those emotional scenes when he and Jack won the 2019 Indian Open, Gallacher’s shows no signs of winding down his golfing endeavours.
He said: “I’ve agreed to again take on the role of European captain for next year’s Junior Ryder Cup in the States. I’m on the tour’s tournament committee while the work with my Foundation also keeps me busy in between trying to still play about 20 events a year which I have been averaging the past few years.
“So, all that keeps me going but then I’m still a pro golfer at heart and it’s the passion I’ve had all my playing career that keeps me going and that’s not waned the slightest bit”.
