Golfers planning to attend this year's Barclays Scottish Open at the idyllic Loch Lomond Golf Club should look no further than the tournament's recently launched website, www.barclaysscottishopen.co.uk for a comprehensive guide on all you need to know about the event.

This year's Barclays Scottish Open will once again be played over the Tom Weiskopf/Jay Morrish designed Loch Lomond Golf Club from July 10-13, and anyone wishing to come and watch some of the world's greatest golfers can now log-on to the tournament's official website and access all the information they could ever need and much more.

The website features a comprehensive visitor and ticket information guide, up-to-date tournament news, in-depth course guide, and a number of exciting competitions that include a chance to win a full-set of golf clubs, a day's hospitality at the tournament and even the opportunity to win a round of golf on the famous Loch Lomond course.

Traditionally held the week before The Open Championship, The Barclays Scottish Open is one of the most popular events on The European Tour schedule. Already it looks set to be one of the strongest fields of the year, with many world-class players already confirmed including; Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke, Jose Maria Olazabal and defending champion Grégory Havret.

For more information please contact James Lovett at GMS on +44 (0)1438 718399 or Email james@gmsgolf.co.uk

About Barclays

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 135,000 people.   

Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 27 million customers and clients worldwide. 

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

Barclays and Golf

Golf is a significant part of Barclays sponsorship portfolio. It provides a perfect opportunity for the firm to build stronger relationships with its clients, increase its brand awareness and align itself with a game that has global appeal and strong ethics, as well as exemplifying quality, confidence and focus. Barclays  sponsors The Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, 11-13 July 2008, The Barclays at Ridgewood County Club New Jersey, 19-24 August 2008 and The Barclays Singapore Open at Sentosa in 13-16 November 2008.

In March 2008, Barclays announced it had extended its significant international involvement in professional golf by signing world No. two Phil Mickelson to a multi-year contract to represent its businesses worldwide.

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays, also sponsors Darren Clarke, the European Ryder Cup star.