Championships
Up and Coming Championships
2012 R&A Seniors Open Amateur Championship
August 8th - 10th
Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club are hosting the top Senior Amateur's over the world as they battle it out to beat defending champion, American Chip Lutz.
The field will consist of 144 competitors playing 36 holes on the Wednesday and Thursday, after which the leading 60 players and ties play a further 18 holes on the Friday.
The event, last year hosted at Royal Portrush, promises to be a stunning spectacle and is open to all for spectating.
Past Championships
Machynys has been home to the European Tours ‘S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe' for 4 years and has already earned itself an enviable reputation as the best new links in Britain by Ryder Cup 2010 and golf publication, Golf World. Machynys also hosted the Welsh open strokeplay Championship and the Royal & Ancient Boys Home Internationals and in doing so, became the youngest club ever to be recognised as an R&A Championship venue.
"For Machynys, identification with the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe enhances the Club's relationship with the women's game"
Ryder Cup Wales Chief Executive, Rob Holt.
Promising that the winning of the bid to host the Ryder Cup in 2010 would leave Wales with a lasting golfing legacy, Ryder Cup Wales Ltd. undertook to attract and manage a world class series of golf events in Wales each summer and the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe which, this year, is sponsored by S4C, is one of the signature contracts.
"At this club, in particular, however", he added "very real efforts are made to further fulfil Wales's bid commitments, to attract women and girls to the game and to make them feel welcome when they become involved. Wales is leading the world in promoting golf as an egalitarian sport and clubs like Machynys are at the forefront."
Kirsty Taylor (2005 Champion) in the Llanelli Star:
"The greens are incredible. They're probably the best we've played on. They look well-established and they're not playing as new greens at all. The course is absolutely fantastic. The green staff have all done an incredible job."
Laura Davies in the Llanelli Star:
"It's one of the best events on our schedule and a great venue. I'll be extremely happy to come back here. The galleries had a great atmosphere."
