10 December 2009: The Faldo Series today announced its schedule of UK Championships for the forthcoming season with nine tournaments being played on some of the most famous courses across England, Scotland and Wales.
The Faldo Series will visit several world-renowned venues in 2010, including US Open qualifying venue Walton Heath in Surrey, former Ryder Cup venue Moortown in Yorkshire and European Challenge Tour hosts The Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.
Open Championship qualifying venues also feature on the schedule of Faldo Series UK Championships, including Royal Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, Nottinghamshire’s Hollinwell, Trentham in Staffordshire and West Lancashire.
Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire and The Roxburghe in Kelso, two of the most picturesque and highly-rated courses in England and Scotland respectively, complete the stellar line-up of Faldo Series hosts in 2010.
Supported by The R&A, the European Tour and the PGA, more than 1,000 leading young golfers are expected to apply for the UK Faldo Series which also operates in over 20 countries across Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia. Participants will hope to follow in the footsteps of former Faldo Series winners and European Tour stars Nick Dougherty, Rory McIlroy and 2008 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year Melissa Reid.
Competitors in the UK will only be one win away from a place in the Faldo Series Grand Final, an R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event hosted by six-time Major winner Nick Faldo and recently won by England’s Jonathan Bell in Brazil. For the five age-group champions, an invite to the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in China will be on offer, plus the opportunity to play in a flagship European Tour or Ladies European Tour event for the overall boy and girl champion.
Faldo commented: “I’m very excited about the UK schedule for 2010 and am extremely grateful to the host venues for their support. I am proud of the part we have played over the past 14 years in helping to identify and nurture some of the UK’s most talented young golfers. I wish all the competitors the best of luck and look forward to meeting the winners at the Faldo Series Grand Final.”
Faldo Series UK Championships are open to boys and girls aged 12 to 21 with handicaps of 12 or below.
Full details on how to apply can be found here.
The full Faldo Series schedule, also featuring tournaments in continental Europe and South America, will be announced early in the New Year.