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.
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.www.americangolf.com American Golf previously took ownership of the resort in 1998.
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. Beginning in 2008, the golf course was significantly altered as part of a £20-million redevelopment of the complex. 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. 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. However, St Mellion's initially proposed hosting of the English Open tournament was postponed after the developers ran into financial difficulties following the Great Recession.
Scorecard
The scorecard for the Nicklaus Course from the championship yardage is given below:
HoleYardagePar---HoleYardagePar14164---10442425455---11202333614---12564541803---13399453444---14191364354---15428475015---16544581323---17451494054---184705Out331936 In369136 Total701072
Kernow Course The Kernow Course, St Mellion's newer course, opened in 2010 and takes its name from the Cornish for Cornwall. It was designed by Alan Leather and incorporates parts of the Old Course.
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 ofvictoryRunner(s)-upCountryRef1995 Peter O'Malley 280 (−8) 1 stroke Mark James Costantino Rocca 1994 Seve Ballesteros 281 (−7) 3 strokes Nick Faldo 1993 Paul Broadhurst 276 (−12) 1 stroke Mark James José María Olazábal 1992 Peter Senior 287 (−1) Playoff Tony Johnstone 1991 Bernhard Langer 286 (−2) 2 strokes Vijay Singh 1990 José María Olazábal 279 (−9) 1 stroke Ian Woosnam 1979 Maurice Bembridge 272 (−8) 2 strokes Ken Brown
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 ofvictoryRunner(s)-upCountryRef 1984 Jaime Gonzalez 265 (−15) Playoff Mark James 1983 Bernhard Langer 269 (−11) 2 strokes Paul Way
European Senior Tour St Mellion has twice hosted the English Seniors Open on the European Senior Tour.
YearWinnerCountryScoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upCountryRef2007 Bill Longmuir 208 (−8) 2 strokes Carl Mason 2006 Carl Mason 212 (−4) 1 stroke Stewart Ginn
Amateur competitions English Amateur St Mellion hosted the English Amateur in 1999.
YearWinnerCountryMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upCountryRef1999 Paul Casey 2&1 Simon Dyson
References
External links
St Mellion International Resort - official site Crown Golf - official site English Open - official site