St. Mellion International Resort

St Mellion International Resort,
Cornwall
Club information
Coordinates 50°28′03″N 4°16′20″W / 50.467573°N 4.272092°W / 50.467573; -4.272092
Location St Mellion, Cornwall,
United Kingdom UK
Established 1976
Type Private
Owned by Crown Golf [1]
Total holes 36
Tournaments hosted B&H Intnl Open
Website www.st-mellion.co.uk
Nicklaus Course
Designed by Jack Nicklaus
Par 72
Length 7,054
Old Course
Par 68
Length 5,782

The St Mellion International Resort, in the parish of St Mellion, near Saltash, is a luxury hotel with excellent recreational facilities, situated on the south coast of Cornwall.

St Mellion Resort, which comprises a hotel, conference facilities, health club, spa and two championship golf courses, is owned and operated by Crown Golf, and was purchased via American Golf (UK) from American Golf Corporation.[2] American Golf previously took ownership of the resort in 1998.[3]

Golf courses and history

Old Course

The Old Course, the St Mellion estate's first course, was laid out on the potato farm of Hermon and Martin Bond and opened in 1976.[4] Beginning in 2008 the golf course was significantly altered as part of a £20-million redevelopment of the complex.[5] The changes included the construction of 9 new golf holes which were redesignated as part of the Kernow Course from May 2010.

Jack Nicklaus Signature Course

The course designed by Jack Nicklaus was officially opened in 1988 with the hosting of a USA vs GB match featuring Jack Nicklaus (himself) and Tom Watson representing the USA against Sandy Lyle and Nick Faldo representing Great Britain.[6] The Nicklaus course hosted the Benson & Hedges International Open on 7 occasions between 1979 and 1995, and has twice hosted The English Seniors Open.

St Mellion's Nicklaus Course is a contender for future PGA European Tour events, following its £100 million redevelopment completed in 2010.[7] However St Mellion's initially-proposed hosting of the English Open tournament was postponed after the developers ran into financial difficulties following the credit crunch.[8]

Scorecard

St Mellion Golf Club
viewed from the 10th tee in 2011

The scorecard for the Nicklaus Course from the championship yardage is given below:[9]

HoleYardagePar---HoleYardagePar
14164---104424
25455---112023
33614---125645
41803---133994
53444---141913
64354---154284
75015---165445
81323---174514
94054---184705
Out331936 In369136
Total701072

Kernow Course

The Kernow Course, St Mellion's newer course which opened in 2010, takes its name from the Cornish for Cornwall and incorporates parts of the Old Course.[5]

Competitions hosted

European Tour

Benson & Hedges International Open

St Mellion has hosted the Benson & Hedges International Open on the European Tour on 7 occasions.

YearWinnerCountryScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upCountryRef
1995 Peter O'Malley  Australia 280 (−8) 1 stroke Mark James  England [10]
Costantino Rocca  Italy
1994 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 281 (−7) 3 strokes Nick Faldo  England [11]
1993 Paul Broadhurst  England 276 (−12) 1 stroke Mark James  England [12]
José María Olazábal  Spain
1992 Peter Senior  Australia 287 (−1) Playoff Tony Johnstone  Zimbabwe [13]
1991 Bernhard Langer  Germany 286 (−2) 2 strokes Vijay Singh  Fiji [14]
1990 José María Olazábal  Spain 279 (−9) 1 stroke Ian Woosnam  Wales [15]
1979 Maurice Bembridge  England 272 (−8) 2 strokes Ken Brown  Scotland [16]

St. Mellion Timeshare TPC

St Mellion also hosted the Tournament Players Championship (United Kingdom) (St. Mellion Timeshare TPC) on the European Tour in 1983 and 1984.

YearWinnerCountryScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upCountryRef
1984 Jaime Gonzalez  Brazil 265 (−15) Playoff Mark James  England [17]
1983 Bernhard Langer  Germany 269 (−11) 2 strokes Paul Way  England [18]

European Senior Tour

St Mellion has twice hosted the English Seniors Open on the European Senior Tour.

YearWinnerCountryScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upCountryRef
2007 Bill Longmuir  Scotland 208 (−8) 2 strokes Carl Mason  England [19]
2006 Carl Mason  England 212 (−4) 1 stroke Stewart Ginn  Australia [20]

Amateur competitions

English Amateur

St Mellion hosted the English Amateur in 1999.

YearWinnerCountryMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upCountryRef
1999 Paul Casey  England 2&1 Simon Dyson  England [21]

References

  1. ↑ www.crown-golf.co.uk
  2. ↑ www.americangolf.com
  3. ↑ "American Golf buys St Mellion golf complex". golftoday.co.uk. May 8, 1998.
  4. ↑ "The Kernow Course". St. Mellion International Resort.
  5. 1 2 "The Kernow Course". St. Mellion International Resort.
  6. ↑ "St Mellion Golf Club". England Golf.
  7. ↑ "St Mellion to host English Open". BBC Sport. March 3, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Crunch delays golf championships". BBC News. January 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ "St Mellion Golf & CC". BlueGolf.
  10. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1995". PGA European Tour.
  11. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1994". PGA European Tour.
  12. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1993". PGA European Tour.
  13. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1992". PGA European Tour.
  14. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1991". PGA European Tour.
  15. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1990". PGA European Tour.
  16. ↑ "Benson & Hedges International Open 1979". PGA European Tour.
  17. ↑ "St Mellion Timeshare TPC 1984". PGA European Tour.
  18. ↑ "St Mellion Timeshare TPC 1983". PGA European Tour.
  19. ↑ "The Midas English Seniors Open 2007". PGA European Tour.
  20. ↑ "The Midas English Seniors Open 2006". PGA European Tour.
  21. ↑ "England Golf - Winners of the English Amateur". England Golf.

External links

Other places of interest in South East Cornwall

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