St Andrews, Scotland. 26 October 2007: The R&A has awarded the 2010 Seniors Open Amateur Championship to Walton Heath Golf Club, Tadworth, England and named North Berwick Golf Club, Scotland, as the qualifying course for The Amateur Championship, in the same year.
Walton Heath previously hosted the Seniors Open Amateur in 1983 and was the Ryder Cup venue in 1981.
The West Links at North Berwick is an established Open Championship qualifying venue and will be the qualifying course for The Amateur Championship, for the first time, when the championship returns to Muirfield in 2010.
The last time The Amateur Championship was held at Muirfield, in 1998, the winner was Sergio Garcia.
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