set Legends Tour tees up free ticket offer to watch senior stars in action in Jersey

The Legends Tour is set to return to the island of Jersey and the stunning links at La Moye Golf Club this summer – with tickets free for fans wishing to attend the event.

Following the success of last year’s event, the Jersey Legends will be held between June 8-11 as a selection of golf’s most famous faces head back to La Moye Golf Club to compete for victory in the third Legends Tour event of the 2023 season.

This year, amateur players will once again be able to play on the famous course alongside the greats of the game as the Alliance Series returns to Jersey. An exclusive opportunity to live out the life of a golf legend, amateurs can sign up to play in front of live crowds and TV cameras in the Alliance Series and will get to play three rounds of golf – one in the Celebrity Series and two in the Alliance Series – alongside their heroes.

The Celebrity Series will also be returning to La Moye as part of the week’s golf on June 8. In last year’s Celebrity Series event, former British & Irish Lions star Scott Quinnell nished in second place as Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler saw o the challenge of the rugby star and took home victory against a famous eld which also included former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster, Westlife singer Brian McFadden and National Hunt horse racing jockey Sir AP McCoy.

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With free tickets for fans – who can register via an online link to receive tickets – the fourday event promises to be a festival of gol ng action. Last year, three-time DP World Tour winner Richard Green – who will be returning this year to defend his crown – beat Paul Lawrie in a playo to take home his rst of two Legends Tour victories.Ian Woosnam will be heading up a star-studded line-up alongside defending champion Green at La Moye Golf Club as the Welshman – a Jersey resident – tees it up at his home course. A club that is no stranger to elite competition, the venue hosted the Acorn Jersey Open in 2016 as well as the DP World Tour’s Jersey Open between 1978 and 1995 – a tournament won by Woosnam in 1987.

The owners of Gilly ower Golf Course in Cornwall have submitted plans with the local council to build a new clubhouse and 19 holiday lodges.

Formerly the site of Lostwithiel Golf & Country Club, which closed in 2014, the land was bought in 2016 by the Smit family, owners of the Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan, who have since reopened the course under a new name and turned part of the course into a fruit orchard, while keeping nine holes open for play.

Each of the nine holes is bordered by fruit and nut trees and vegetables, while hedges and rough areas are maintained with wildlife in mind, with greens and fairways managed in as environmentally friendly way as possible.

Under the original plans the Smits wanted to create a horticulture, agronomy and cookery education centre along with 19 holiday lodges, a cafe and facilities and a new reception for the golf club, which is located on the outskirts of Lostwithiel. However, these plans were rejected by the council in April last year after strong local objection.

The new plans, which were submitted at the end of April, feature a slimmed-down project, but still include a proposal for the 19 lodges, as well as a new clubhouse.

Alex Smit, the son of Eden Project founder Sir Tom Smit, said: “The proposal seeks to expand the facilities on o er at the existing golf course, which will bring it back towards providing a full-service facility, as existed prior to 2014. Substantial investment, landscaping and planting has been undertaken to bring the golf course back into use. It has been reduced in scale and redesigned to a 9-hole course with two sets of tees to enable an 18hole round to be played. star and took home victory against a professional for one round of golf lounge for breakfast, bespoke gifts, and

“The proposal would introduce 19 holiday lodges which would be part of an aparthotel facility to be managed by the clubhouse.

Alliance Series players in Jersey will receive a three-night stay in the o cial tournament hotel, a bespoke gift pack and invitations to all exclusive functions.

The Celebrity Series will see participants team up with a celebrity and Legends Tour professional for one round of golf while receiving access to the player’s lounge for breakfast, bespoke gifts, and hospitality post-event.

Ahead of the event, on June 7 a traditional Championship Pro-Am will also take place – allowing golfers an opportunity to play with legends of the game before the competition gets underway. Teams of up to three amateurs will team up alongside a Legends Tour professional for 18 holes of golf while receiving access to tournament practice facilities, breakfast in the player’s lounge, a bespoke Legends Tour gift bag, and prize giving and hospitality post-round.

By providing accommodation, further bene t will be derived for Lostwithiel, as guests would spend money in the town.”

Sir Tim addressed the planning committee at last April’s meeting and said it was “a matter of regret” that the application had divided opinions in Lostwithiel, but he said that he and his son were sure that the development would be sustainable and help not just the local community but also bene t the wider population in learning and developing learning about horticulture.

He said that they were working with a number of educational institutions, including Exeter and Plymouth universities, to set up training and research programmes which would run from the farm. He added that the golf club and holiday lodges would help to generate income which would help to fund the educational aspects of the new venture.

■ AN ARTIST’S IMPRESSION OF THE NEW LODGES AND CLUBHOUSE PLANNED FOR GILLYFLOWER GOLF COURSE