St Mellion International Resort

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St Mellion International Resort,
Cornwall
Club information
Cornwall UK mainland relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Coordinates 50°28′03″N4°16′20″W / 50.467573°N 4.272092°W / 50.467573; -4.272092
Location St Mellion, Cornwall, England,
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Established1976
TypePrivate
Owned byCrown Golf [1]
Total holes36
Events hosted B&H Intnl Open
Website www.st-mellion.co.uk
Nicklaus Course
Designed by Jack Nicklaus
Par 72
Length7,054
Kernow Course
Designed by Alan Leather
Par 70
Length5,606
St Mellion
Ceremonial county
Post town SALTASH
Postcode district PL12
Dialling code 01579
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The St Mellion Estate, formerly St Mellion International Resort, is a hotel with golf and other recreational facilities in the parish of St Mellion, near Saltash, in east Cornwall.

Contents

St Mellion, 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 St. Mellion Golf Club - 10th tee.jpg
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
Out331936In369136
Total701072

Kernow Course

The Kernow Course, St Mellion's newer course which opened in 2010, takes its name from the Cornish for Cornwall. It was designed by Alan Leather and incorporates parts of the Old Course. [5] [10]

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 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 280 (−8)1 stroke Mark James Flag of England.svg  England [11]
Costantino Rocca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1994 Seve Ballesteros Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 281 (−7)3 strokes Nick Faldo Flag of England.svg  England [12]
1993 Paul Broadhurst Flag of England.svg  England 276 (−12)1 stroke Mark James Flag of England.svg  England [13]
José María Olazábal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1992 Peter Senior Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 287 (−1) Playoff Tony Johnstone Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [14]
1991 Bernhard Langer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 286 (−2)2 strokes Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji [15]
1990 José María Olazábal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 279 (−9)1 stroke Ian Woosnam Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales [16]
1979 Maurice Bembridge Flag of England.svg  England 272 (−8)2 strokes Ken Brown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [17]

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 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 265 (−15)Playoff Mark James Flag of England.svg  England [18]
1983 Bernhard Langer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 269 (−11)2 strokes Paul Way Flag of England.svg  England [19]

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 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 208 (−8)2 strokes Carl Mason Flag of England.svg  England [20]
2006 Carl Mason Flag of England.svg  England 212 (−4)1 stroke Stewart Ginn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [21]

Amateur competitions

English Amateur

St Mellion hosted the English Amateur in 1999.

YearWinnerCountryMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upCountryRef
1999 Paul Casey Flag of England.svg  England 2&1 Simon Dyson Flag of England.svg  England [22]

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