The Legends in Golf was a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament on the
European Seniors Tour
The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour, is a professional golf tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was titled as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based i ...
from 1998 to 2003. It was played on five different courses in two countries, the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
and
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
.
In 1998 it was played at Efteling Golf Park,
Loon op Zand
Loon op Zand () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in .
The western part of national park the Loonse en Drunense Duinen is located in the municipality of Loon op ...
,
Netherlands
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, in 1999 at Prise d'Eau Golf Club,
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 22 ...
, Netherlands and in 2000 and 2001 at Crayestein Golf Club,
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Western Netherlands, lo ...
, Netherlands. In 2002 it was played at Flanders Nippon Golf,
Hasselt
Hasselt (, , ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846. The old ...
,
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
while in 2003 it moved to Golf de Pierpont,
Les Bons Villers
Les Bons Villers (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 9,457 inhabitants. The total area is 42.55 km2, giving a population density
Population density (in ag ...
,
Hainaut, Belgium. The next European Senior Tour event played in the Netherlands was the
Van Lanschot Senior Open
The Dutch Senior Open was a men's golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was held at the Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club in The Hague, Netherlands from 2010 to 2012. In 2013 it moved to The International, Badhoevedorp near Amsterdam ...
in 2010. In 2003 the total prize money was €130,000 with the winner receiving €19,500.
Winners
References
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External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
Former European Senior Tour events
Golf tournaments in the Netherlands
Golf tournaments in Belgium
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2003