Play it again, Sam! Torrance bidding for PGA Seniors Championship hat-trick at Close House
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Cup-winning captain Sam Torrance will be among the star names teeing up
at this year’s ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship at Close House in the north-east of England..
It
signals a return to the tournament for Torrance, who is seeking to win
the title for a third time after capturing it in 2005 and 2006.
The
61-year-old Scot, who has won 11 Senior and 21 European Tour titles
during a glittering career, will be one of the players to watch at the
four-day championship, which is being staged at the highly-rated Close
House, near Newcastle, between June 11-14.
The
Championship, which boasts a £260,000 prize fund, will be played over
the 6,813-yard par-71 Lee Westwood Colt course, ranked in the UKs top
100 courses by Golf Monthly, which was designed as a tribute to iconic
English golf course architect Harry Colt.
Torrance,
who has also carved out a successful off-course career as golf pundit,
said: “The PGA Championship is one of our biggest events on the schedule
so I look forward to playing in it.
“It’s a new venue which comes very highly rated and it would be great to win the title for a third time at a third venue.”
Officials of Close House, which has agreed to stage the tournament for three years, is looking forward to hosting the prestigious event.
“To
stage a top-ranking tournament of this magnitude for the first time
confirms an exciting period in our development and is testament to
everyone connected with Close House and shows how far we have come since
opening less than four years ago,” said owner Graham Wylie.
“The
decision to stage the championship here at Close House gives us an
excellent opportunity to showcase our facilities and will allow golf
fans in the Newcastle area an exclusive opportunity to see top class
professional golf at close quarters.
“We
have already had 12,000 golf fans register for tickets, which are
complimentary, and we are looking forward to hosting them as well as
welcoming all the leading European Senior Tour players to the north
east of England.”
ISPS
Handa will be sponsoring the championship for a fourth successive year
as it continues its mission to promote opportunities for blind and
disabled golfers.
Tokyo-based
ISPS revealed its commitment by establishing, along with The PGA, an
academy programme to train PGA Professionals to coach blind and disabled
golfers.
“ISPS
continues to promote disabled golf and we are delighted to sponsor the
PGA Seniors Championship once again, to help raise its profile and also
to be taking the tournament to Close House for the first time,” said Dr
Haruhisa Handa whose ambition is to make golf an Paralympic sport.
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