Its presence on the region’s tournament schedule is due to Rob Selley, the recently appointed golf operations manager, not wasting any time in putting the club back on the map after Covid took its toll on custom.
“As it’s an Open PGA event half the players will be from the West region, the remainder will come from the rest of the UK,” said Selley, a PGA Professional.
“That’s key as it gives us national exposure. This venue and the course are great selling points and there’s already been some positive feedback and a lot of interest.”
The three remaining Order of Merit events will be staged at more familiar venues, starting with the West Region Championship at The Players Club, Bristol, at the end of July.
A return to Woodbury Park, Exeter, follows in August after last year’s successful staging of the West Region Championship there and the series concludes with the PGA Wiltshire Open at Kingsdown in September.
The Order of Merits will be supplemented by 28 pro-ams, five of which are being staged at new venues: Ogbourne Downs, East Devon, Whitchurch in Cardiff, Bowood Park and Clevedon.
In addition, the Turier Scales-sponsored Spring Sprint, which begins in March, has a new look. Traditionally contested by PGA trainees and Members aged 30 or younger, it is now open to senior pros aged 50 or older.
There are also opportunities for pairs in the fourball better ball tournament at Worlebury, and pitch and putt specialists in the par 3 Championship at Cumberwell Park, before the domestic season concludes in the first week of October with the increasingly popular North Devon Links Festival.
“It all adds up to a varied programme of events and hopefully our members will take advantage of these opportunities,” Moss added.
