Jersey Seniors Classic
Encyclopedia
The Matrix Jersey Classic is a men's senior (over 50) professional golf
tournament on the European Seniors Tour
. It has been held each year since 1996 at La Moye Golf Club
in Jersey
. It indirectly replaced the Jersey Open
, an event on the main European Tour which was staged at the same venue from 1978 to 1995. In 2010 the prize fund was £140,000, which is one of the smallest on the European Seniors Tour.
Jersey Seniors Classic
Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic
Irvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors Classic
Microlease Jersey Senior Masters
Microlease Jersey Seniors Open
Jersey Seniors Open
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Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the European Seniors Tour
European Seniors Tour
The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...
. It has been held each year since 1996 at La Moye Golf Club
La Moye Golf Club
La Moye Golf Club is a private golf club located in Saint Brélade on the south-west coast of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands....
in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
. It indirectly replaced the Jersey Open
Jersey Open
The Jersey Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel, from 1978 to 1995. It had several different names during this period. The venue was La Moye Golf Club. The winners included three major championship winners, Tony...
, an event on the main European Tour which was staged at the same venue from 1978 to 1995. In 2010 the prize fund was £140,000, which is one of the smallest on the European Seniors Tour.
Winners
Matrix Jersey Classic- 2010 Gordon Brand, JnrGordon Brand, JnrGordon Brand, Jnr is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Brand was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 1981 and quickly achieved success. He won that year's European Tour Qualifying School, and went on to win two European Tour events in his rookie season...
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Jersey Seniors Classic
- 2009 Delroy CambridgeDelroy CambridgeDelroy Cambridge is a Jamaican professional golfer.Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, New York and played in local and regional events in the New York region. He...
– - 2008 Tony JohnstoneTony JohnstoneAnthony Alastair Johnstone is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia and attended Christian Brothers College. He lives in Sunningdale in England. He turned professional in 1979 and has spent his career playing mainly on the Southern African Sunshine Tour and in...
- 2007 Bobby LincolnBobby LincolnRobert James Lincoln is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour....
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Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic
- 20062006 in golf-Men's professional golf:Major championships*6–9 April: The Masters - Winner: Phil Mickelson The Augusta National course was lengthened to 7,445 yards for the tournament, generating some advance controversy. For the first time since 1954 neither Jack Nicklaus nor Arnold Palmer played...
Guillermo EncinaGuillermo EncinaGuillermo Encina is a Chilean professional golfer.Encina was born in Santiago, Chile. He was taught the game by his father, the head greenskeeper at the Papudo Club in Chile, and turned professional in 1975...
– - 20052005 in golf-Men's professional golf:Major championships*7-10 April: Masters Tournament - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.*16-19 June: U.S...
Sam TorranceSam TorranceSam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...
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Irvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors Classic
- 2004 Jim RhodesJim Rhodes (golfer)Jim Rhodes is an English professional golfer. He turned professional in 1963 and worked as a club professional, making only occasional appearances on the European Tour. In 1987 he won the European Club Professionals Championship in The Netherlands...
– - 2003 Malcolm GregsonMalcolm GregsonMalcolm Edward Gregson is an English professional golfer.Gregson was born in Leicester. He turned professional in 1961 and was in his prime in the 1960s, before the official establishment of the European Tour in 1972...
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Microlease Jersey Senior Masters
- 2002 Delroy CambridgeDelroy CambridgeDelroy Cambridge is a Jamaican professional golfer.Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, New York and played in local and regional events in the New York region. He...
– - 2001 Seiji EbiharaSeiji Ebiharais a Japanese professional golfer.Ebihara was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and had career earnings of over ¥260 million....
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Microlease Jersey Seniors Open
- 2000 Neil ColesNeil ColesNeil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. As of 2005, Coles is only the second man to win a professional golf tournament in six different decades, starting in the 1950s and extending into the 21st century.Coles was born in England...
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Jersey Seniors Open
- 1999 David JonesDavid Jones (golfer)David Jones is a former European Tour golfer from Bangor, Northern Ireland.After his career on the circuit, he became a prominent course designer and golf coach, ....
– - 1998 Bob ShearerBob ShearerRobert A. Shearer is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970....
– - 1997 Tommy HortonTommy HortonThomas Alfred Horton, MBE is an English professional golfer.Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more...
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Hippo Jersey Seniors
- 1996 Maurice BembridgeMaurice BembridgeMaurice Bembridge is an English golfer.Bembridge turned professional at an early age in 1960 and won the British Assistants’ Professional Championship in 1966 and 1967...
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