A major tour event is set to make a return to the JCB Golf and Country Club after the resounding success of its inaugural visit.
The first JCB Championship was staged at the Club this year as part of the Legends Tour’s international schedule, and some of the best-known names in golf competed for £600,000 in prize money.
Organisers have now confirmed that the event will be returning to the Rocester course in 2023 with a prize fund of £750,000 – the largest on the Legends Tour schedule outside of the Senior Open Championship.
The JCB Championship is due to place from August 3 to 5, 2023.
2022 Senior Open Champion Darren Clarke will once again host the event, with the club bidding to attract a star-studded field. Among other big names already signed up to play are Alex Cejka, who won the 2022 Championship, Retief Goosen, Thongchai Jaidee, John Daly and Colin Montgomerie.
JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald said: “We are thrilled to be hosting the JCB Championship for the second consecutive year. Last year’s event was a resounding success and with Darren Clarke hosting the occasion again, we aim to make the 2023 JCB Championship even bigger and better.”
More than 8,000 spectators attended the inaugural JCB Championship. The club has also successfully been a host venue for the Rose Ladies Series in both 2020 and 2021.
