There's a chance for Oxfordshire golf fans to see some of Europe’s most promising young players in action with the resurrection of a high-profile English tournament.
The Bridgestone Challenge event will be held at Heythrop Park, near Chipping Norton, from August 25-28, which will represent the first English based Challenge Tour event on the golfing calendar since 2012.
The Challenge Tour is one step down from the full professional European Tour and gives some of the most talented amateur players a platform to progress onto the professional circuit, following in the footsteps of the likes of Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer and Frilford Heath’s Eddie Pepperell.
The event is one of three high profile golfing sponsorships for Bridgestone, with a competition for club players – the DriveGuard Trophy – also taking place in 2016 along with an official partner status of the European Tour’s British Masters event in October.
Bridgestone’s sales and marketing director Farrell Dolan said: “We are extremely excited to be entering into a series of sponsorships covering such a broad range of the sport.
“Heythrop Park is a stunning location and we are thrilled to be staging an event there.”
CLUB RESULTS
NORTH OXFORD
Men’s RNLI Medal: 1 P Barrow 67-1=66 (cb), 2 D Woodcock 76-10=66, 3 D Titcombe 72-5=67 Ladies Stableford No 2 – Silver Div: 1 I Dachtler 32pts. Bronze Div: 1 G Osborn 33.
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