Major coup for prestigious JCB golf course
Legends Tour set to return to JCB Golf and Country Club in Staffordshire in August 2023
A MAJOR tour event is set to make a welcome return to the prestigious JCB Golf and Country Club after the resounding success of its inaugural visit in 2022.
The first JCB Championship was staged at the Club last year as part of the Legends Tour’s international schedule, and some of the best-known names in golf competed for £600,000 in prize money.
Today, organizers confirmed that the event would be returning to the Rocester course in 2023 with a prize fund of £750,000 – the largest on the Legends Tour schedule outside of the Senior Open Championship.
The 2023 JCB Championship is due to place from 3–5 August.
2022 Senior Open Champion Darren Clarke will once again host the event, with the Club bidding to attract a star-studded field. Among other big names already signed up to play are Alex Cejka, who won the 2022 Championship, Retief Goosen, Thongchai Jaidee, John Daly and Colin Montgomerie.
JCB chief executive officer Graeme Macdonald said: ‘We are thrilled to be hosting the JCB Championship for the second consecutive year. Last year’s event was a resounding success and with Darren Clarke hosting the occasion again, we aim to make the 2023 JCB Championship even bigger and better.’
Legends Tour chief executive officer Phil Harrison said: ‘We are delighted to be returning to the JCB Golf & Country Club in 2023. The JCB Championship will undoubtedly attract some of the game’s biggest stars including Tour winners, Major winners, Ryder Cup stars and Hall of Famers.’
Darren Clarke said: ‘I was extremely proud to host The JCB Championship last year for what was a truly fantastic event. The JCB Golf & Country Club is a great venue, and we had such a great field in 2022 with so many former Major champions and legends of the game taking part. I am really looking forward to returning in 2023 as host.’
More than 8,000 spectators attended the 2022 JCB Championship over three days, enjoying the action on a stunning course which is set in some of Staffordshire’s most beautiful countryside. The prestigious Staffordshire club – the brainchild of JCB chairman Anthony Bamford – has also successfully been a host venue for the Rose Ladies Series in both 2020 and 2021.
