The 1,800 volunteers needed to help Scotland host the Ryder Cup have been selected from a record number of applications.
Organisers said 17,500 people applied to help welcome players from Europe and the US to the event at Gleneagles, Perthshire next September.
The candidates, from 27 countries, will find out if they have been successful. Around half of those selected to be safety marshals, buggy drivers and sales assistants are from across Scotland.
Ryder Cup Europe received the largest number of applications for a volunteer programme in the tournament’s history after launching a search in February this year.
People from Scotland, England, the US, Wales and Ireland were the most keen to take part. Details of a separate volunteer scheme will be announced later this year.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley said: “I am delighted to welcome each and every one of the 1,800 people who have volunteered to be part of the experience at Gleneagles next September.
“No golf tournament could exist without volunteers and that is especially true in terms of a competition of the size and magnitude of The Ryder Cup, so I thank them all for their participation.”
Antonia Beggs, operations director for The 2014 Ryder Cup, said: “The level of applications for our volunteer programme is unprecedented and we would like to thank everybody who took the time to apply.
“The process demonstrates the extraordinary appeal of The 2014 Ryder Cup, both in Scotland and throughout the rest of the world.
“It truly is a unique sporting event and people just want to play their part.”
Sport Minister Shona Robison said: “The fantastic response to the Ryder Cup volunteering programme, from both Scotland and around the world, shows just how much global interest there is in a Ryder Cup in Scotland, the Home of Golf.
“We are currently developing a new and separate scheme with the event organisers that will open up extra volunteer places at The 2014 Ryder Cup and will announce further details later this year.
“All of the volunteers at Gleneagles will make the Ryder Cup an event to remember in an historic year for Scotland, alongside the Commonwealth Games and the Year of Homecoming.”
Around 250,000 spectators are expected at the event.
According to the Scottish Government, the Ryder Cup will generate around £100 million for the local economy in the week of the tournament.