01꿈의 메이저 무대 향한 예선전 개최지 발표
2027년 로열 포스콜(Royal Porthcawl)에서 펼쳐질 ISPS 한다 시니어 오픈(ISPS HANDA Senior Open)의 예선 개최지가 공식 확정됐다.
이번에 발표된 예선 코스들은 본선 진출권을 얻기 위해 전 세계 시니어 골퍼들이 치열한 경쟁을 벌일 전초전 무대가 될 예정이다.
명문 코스인 로열 포스콜에서 열리는 2027년 대회는 뛰어난 기량을 갖춘 시니어 선수들의 메이저 왕좌를 향한 여정으로 큰 기대를 모으고 있다.
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Four Qualifying Venues for the 2027 ISPS HANDA Senior Open have now been confirmed, giving hopefuls the opportunity to earn a place next year at Royal Porthcawl.
Europe’s only Senior Major Championship will visit the South Wales venue for the fourth time when the 40th edition of the event takes place from July 22-25, 2027.
Bridgend’s Southerndown Golf Club and Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club, Machynys in Llanelli, and Pennard Golf Club, in the Gower Peninsula, will all host aspiring over-50s players on Monday July 19, as they battle it out to earn a spot in the prestigious Championship on the stunning Welsh links.
This will be the first time Pennard Golf Club has staged an ISPS HANDA Senior Open qualifier, while the other three venues hosted in 2014, 2017 and 2023.
Southerndown is situated on a unique and unusual limestone-heath, giving some of the world’s most renowned course designers a unique tableau to work from. Willie Fernie, Herbert Fowler, Willie Park, Harry Colt and Donald Steel all played their part in making the venue what it is today.
Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club’s lofty sand dunes form part of Porthcawl’s wonderful stretch of golf. Glorious views and historic associations adorn this undulating course with its natural hazard of hillocks, valleys and towering dunes.
Machynys is a Nicklaus-designed modern links course, which opened in 2005 and has already hosted an unprecedented 16 Championships, including four R&A events and four LET Championships of Europe. Machynys has also been named the Welsh Golf Club of the Year in 2026 by Wales Golf.
Pennard Golf Club, located eight miles west of Swansea in the Gower Peninsula, was founded in 1896, and the course owes most of its appeal today first to James Braid and then to C.K. Cotton. The holes are routed over classically undulating and tumbling linksland, full of hummocks, hillocks and hollows, and pocked with dunes large and small.
Edward Kitson, Championship Director of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open, said: “This year’s Championship returns to a true links course in Royal Porthcawl, and we are proud to announce these four prestigious golf clubs as our Qualifying Venues.
“Every single player who qualifies from Southerndown, Pyle and Kenfig, Machynys or Pennard will have truly earned their spot in the 2027 ISPS HANDA Senior Open.
“Interest in Europe’s only Senior Major continues to grow and this provides an exciting opportunity for those wishing to take part.”
The ISPS HANDA Senior Open is co-sanctioned by the Staysure Legends Tour and PGA Tour Champions and counts on both the Staysure Legends Tour Order of Merit and the Schwab Cup.
Information on how to enter the 2027 ISPS HANDA Senior Open will follow in the new year.