Travel
Entrance of The London Golf Club
PREMIER GOLF TOURNAMENT
ANNOUNCED AS VENUE FOR STAYSURE
nother premier golf tournament is heading to Kent following the
recent announcement by the Staysure Tour that London Golf Club
will stage the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship for the second
year in a row from August 1-4, 2019. The golfing spotlight will
be firmly on the county over the next couple of years with The
Open Championship being held at Royal St George’s in July 2020
and The Junior Open taking place at Littlestone just the week before The Open
Championship. Over the years, Kent has developed a strong tradition of staging
major tournaments, both amateur and professional. Royal St George’s, for example,
has hosted The Open Championship an impressive 14 times, the first back in 1894,
whilst neighbors Royal Cinque Ports (1909 and 1920) and Prince’s (1932) have both
been past hosts of this prestigious major. Both Littlestone and North Foreland were
chosen by The R&A as Final Qualifying Courses for The 2011 Open Championship
whilst Prince’s have been selected as a Local Final Open Qualifying venue from
2018 to 2022. Prince’s also co-hosted The Amateur Championship with Royal St
George’s in 2013 and 2017. Nor is this the first time that London Golf Club has
attracted a top professional event; it was the home of the 2014 Volvo World Match
Play Championship, won by Mikko Ilonen, and has hosted both Regional Open
Qualifying and The European Tour Qualifying School in the past. The inaugural
Staysure PGA Seniors Championship took place in August last year at London Golf
Club with the support of the Tour’s new umbrella sponsor, Staysure, and brought
together a strong field of living legends including former Ryder Cup Captains Colin
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DECEMBER
2018
1st tee at Royal St George’s