A NEW campaign is shining a spotlight on Scotland as a world-leading destination for women’s sporting events.

EventScotland, part of VisitScotland, has kicked off the Summer of Women’s Sport, with the nation hosting six European and international sporting events over the next three months.

It will begin with Uefa Women’s U19 European Championship in July and culminate in the biggest event in women’s golf, the 2019 Solheim Cup in September.

The country will also host the Women’s Eurohockey Championships II, the inaugural Women’s Tour of Scotland, The Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open and the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup T20 Global Qualifier during the summer months.

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Catriona Matthew, Solheim Cup Team Europe Captain, said: “It is incredibly exciting that the 2019 Solheim Cup will be the culmination of a terrific year for women’s sport in Scotland, showcasing the very best of a range of sports across a number of events.

“There is no doubt that women’s sport is benefitting from an enhanced profile both domestically and globally and it is fitting that The Solheim Cup and golf plays a huge part of that in the country which gave the game to world.

“I hope the Scottish public turn out in force to support our world-class athletes, not just at Gleneagles in September but across all of our women’s sports events.”