The stars of the European senior circuit will be teeing it up at the London Golf Club in Kent this summer for the inaugural staging of the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.
The tournament’s return to the senior schedule will have special significance by becoming the first event to be hosted by insurance company Staysure – which this year became the first ever title sponsor of the European Senior Tour.
Taking place at the Brands Hatch-based club from August 2-5, the PGA Seniors Championship was last played in 2015, when Peter Fowler lifted the title at Close House in Newcastle.
The PGA Seniors Championship was a mainstay on the over-50s circuit between 1992 and 2015, and has been won by some of the tour’s all-time greats, notably Brian Huggett, Tommy Horton and Sam Torrance.
London Golf Club has impeccable tournament credentials, having held European Tour events in the form of the 2008 and 2009 European Opens and the Volvo World Match Play in 2014.
The club last hosted a senior tournament in 2007, the Bendinat London Seniors Masters, where Torrance held off the challenge of José Rivero the title.
In addition to the Jack Nicklaus signature-designed Heritage Course, London Golf Club also boasts the International Course – which will host golf’s legends in a four round event this summer. Known for its fast, undulating fairways and risk and reward tee shots, the International is set to provide the perfect setting for the first staging of the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.
David MacLaren, Head of the Staysure Tour, said: “London Golf Club is an outstanding venue, and one which has a unique relationship with the European Tour, through our joint-venture partnership. We have to thank all those involved at one of the UK’s finest inland venues for agreeing to host the flagship event of our first year of partnership with Staysure. We want to pay particular thanks to the PGA for their support of over-50s golf and ensuring that one of the game’s most enduring titles returns to the Staysure Tour.”
Stephen Follett, chief executive of London Golf Club, added: “We are thrilled to be hosting the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship. The club has a great heritage of hosting high profile tournaments and we look forward to welcoming everyone in August, to what I’m sure will be a great championship.”