Seniors swing into action

The European Seniors Tour will launch its 14th season with the now traditional “Caribbean Swing” on the islands of Barbados and Tobago in March.

A brand new venue will be The Heritage at Killenard, Ireland, for the AIB Irish Seniors Open, while Collingtree Park in Northampton hosts The Mobile Cup.

Managing director Andy Stubbs said: “The Tour promises to deliver another season of great opportunity for both our new and existing members.

“It has seen great stability over recent years with a constant 20 weeks of competition from March until October.”

The venue for the tour’s richest event, the Senior British Open, has yet to be announced. It has been at Royal County Down, Turnberry and Royal Portrush the last three years.

Schedule:

MARCH 2-4 DGM Barbados Open, Royal Westmoreland, Barbados 11-13 Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic, Tobago Plantations, Tobago

MAY 13-15 French Seniors Open, to be confirmed 2022 Italian Seniors Open, Venice, Italy (2629 US Senior PGA Championship, Laurel Valley, Pennsylvannia)

JUNE 3-5 AIB Irish Seniors Open, The Heritage at Killenard, Ireland 1012 Jersey Seniors Classic, La Moye, Jersey 1719 The Mobile Cup, Collingtree Park, Northampton, England 2426 De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic, De Vere Slaley Hall, Newcastle, England

JULY 1-3 Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open, Royal St. Davids, Harlech, Wales 810 Nigel Mansell Sunseeker International Classic, Woodbury Park, Devon, England 2124 Senior British Open, tbc (2831 US Senior Open, NCR Country Club, Kettering, Ohio)

AUGUST 4-7 De Vere PGA Seniors Championship, De Vere Carden Park, Chester, England 1214 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland 1921 Travis Perkins Senior Masters, Wentworth, Surrey, England 2628 Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open, tbc

SEPTEMBER 2-4 Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

OCTOBER 1-3 Sanremo Masters, Sanremo, Italy 2123 Seniors Tour Championship, tbc

(Events in brackets do not count towards the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit)