Scottish professional Gillian Stewart has been honoured in the latest APAL (Accreditation for Prior Achievement and Learning) awards. She has had her PGA membership status elevated to that of 'Advanced Fellow of the PGA'

The Professional Golfers' Association now have in place different levels of membership providing a framework that will maintain the position of the PGA at the forefront of the sport with members who are 'professional' in every sense of the term to be compared with medicine, law, accountancy and teaching.

Rewarding significant achievement within the sport are the categories of Advanced Professional, Fellow of the PGA, Advanced Fellow of the PGA and Master Professional.