Friday, January 26, 2007

MUIRFIELD HEADS LIST
OF NEW VENUES ON
2007 EURO SENIORS

TOUR SCHEDULE

A first visit to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers' course (clubhouse pictured above) at Muirfield, Gullane and new events in France and Turkey are three of the highlights of the 2007 European Seniors Tour schedule released today.
Sam Torrance will commence his bid to complete a hat-trick of Order of Merit triumphs when the season gets underway with the DGM Barbados Open at the spectacular Royal Westmoreland from February 28-March 2, before the Seniors Tour makes its first visit to Turkey since 2001 for the Gloria Turkish Seniors Open at Gloria Golf Resort, Belek, from May 11-13.
The biggest tournament of the year will undoubtedly be the British Senior Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, at Muirfield from July 26-29 with former US Ryder Cup player Loren Roberts as defending champion.
Meanwhile, another of the Senior Majors, the US Senior PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Resort is to count toward the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit for the first time in 2007.
Other venues making their debuts on this year’s schedule are the Christy O’Connor jun-designed PGA National Ireland course at Palmerstown House, Co. Kildare, Ireland, the Conwy Golf Club in Caernarvonshire, the first Welsh course to host Open Championship qualifying, and Golf du Domaine de Divonne in the Geneva region of France.
Palmerstown House will host the AIB Irish Seniors Open, in association with Greenstar and Fáilte Ireland from June 1-3, while a fortnight later Conwy stages the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open before it’s the turn of the Open de France Senior de Divonne at Golf du Domaine de Divonne from July 12-14.
In total, the schedule features 17 counting tournaments with several more expected to be announced in the coming months. The season will conclude in traditional fashion with the elite field Seniors Tour Championship in November.


2007 European Seniors Tour Schedule

Feb 28 – Mar 02 (Fri)
DGM Barbados Open - Royal Westmoreland, Barbados
May 11 – 13
Gloria Turkish Seniors Open - Gloria Golf Resort, Turkey
May 18 – 20
Sharp Italian Seniors Open - Circolo Golf Venezia, Italy
May 24 – 27
US Senior PGA Championship - Kiawah Island Resort.
June 01 – 03
AIB Irish Seniors Open in association with Greenstar & Fáilte Ireland - PGA National, Palmerstown House, Ireland
June 08 – 10
Jersey Seniors Classic - La Moye GC, Jersey
June 15 – 17
Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open - Conwy (Caernarvonshire) GC, Wales
June 22 – 24
London Seniors Masters - The London GC.
June 29 – July 01
TBC
July 05 – 08
US Senior Open*- Whistling Straits, USA
July 12 – 14 (Sat)
Open de France Senior Divonne - Golf du Domaine de Divonne, France
July 26 – 29
British Senior Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management - Muirfield, East Lothian.
Aug 03 – 05
Wentworth Senior Masters - Edinburgh Course, Wentworth Club.
Aug 10 – 12
Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open - Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Aug 17 – 19
TBC
Aug 31 – Sept 02
European Senior Masters - Duke’s Course, Woburn GC.
Sept 7 – 9
TBC
Sept 20 – 22 (Sat)
Scandinavian Seniors Open - Royal Copenhagen GC, Denmark
Sept 28 – 30
Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open - Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & CC,
Oct 19 – 21
OKI Castellón Open de España Senior - Club de Campo del Mediterráneo, Spain
Nov 08 – 10 (Sat)
Seniors Tour Championship - TBC

* Event does not count towards the 2007 European Seniors Tour Order of Merit



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