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Golf
World-Jameson
Champion of Champions Final
Champions
do battle on Lincolnshire�s premier course.
The elite
of UK amateur club golf teed off last Friday in the final of the Golf World- Jameson
Champion of Champions event at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, the home of the English
Golf Union.
A very strong
field of fifty club champions battled it out having qualified for the final from
the ten area finals held on some of the most testing and demanding courses throughout
the UK. The eventual winner of the final � played on the Hotchkin Course - was
Dion Stevens a plus 2 handicapper and the only Australian in a fifty player
field.
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Jameson,
The Number One Irish Whiskey, have a long association with golf and alongside
their co-sponsors Golf World Magazine, they were delighted to sponsor this event,
which introduced a much needed high profile competition to find the UK�s Best
Club golfer.
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Jameson�s
Marketing Manager James Slack commented, "Jameson is delighted to be sponsoring
a nationwide series of events that supports top class amateur golf at grass roots
level. Throughout the qualifying rounds the standard of the golf and the venues
has been outstanding and the final has been no exception".
The Guest
of Honour at the final was Great Britain & Ireland�s Walker Cup Captain Peter
McEvoy, fresh back from the United States where his team made history just 5 days
ago by retaining the Walker Cup for the first time on American soil.
Also in
attendance was former European tour player Jim Payne whose ties with top class
amateur golf in the region are strong having competed in the Walker Cup and won
the Silver Medal at the Open Championship whilst representing Lincolnshire in
the early 90�s.
In addition,
competitors and spectators had the chance to try the most popular driver on tour,
the Taylor Made 300 series, courtesy of associate sponsors Adidas-Taylor Made.
For more
information please contact David Silvers at PSP on 01276 858930 or 07753 941184.
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