Blackstar Golf are delighted to announce that glal.uk will be the title sponosr of 4 new one day events which will be based in the Midlands.. South Staffordshire GC will host the first event on August 13th, followed by Sandwell Park GC on August 14th. The Vale GC at Evesham will stage event 3 on August 26th and the final event will be at the superb Blackwell GC on August 27th.  All the events will be open to Lady and Men Professionals and Lady and Men amateurs with a handicap of 5 and below. Full details along with the entry form are available at www.blackstargolf.net   

Jordan Wrisdale is currently 12th on the PGA Challenge Tour rankings after the first 3 events in South Africa. The Dimension Data Pro Am was the final event of a three week swing for the Challenge Tour where Jordan finished in a share of 51st place. Martin Rohwer finished 35th and David Boote from Walton Heath signed of with a final round of 72 to finish 42nd. Full Challenge Touir rankings can be found at https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/rankings/overview/rankings/ The top 20 players at the end of the season will gain a full card on the 2021 Race To Dubai

Jordan Wrisdale got his season of to a bright start with a 4th place finish at the RAM Cape Town Open on the PGA Challenge Tour. Scores of 73, 69,67 and a final round of 70 saw him finish on 9 under par for the tournament. Please follow the link for full results. https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/ram-cape-town-open-2020/results?round=4 The Challenge Tour now moves to George for the 3rd event in South Africa at the Di Datat Pro Am where Jordan will be joined by David Boote and Martin Rohwer.  

The PGA European Challenge Tour breaks new ground this year with 3 events in a row which are co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, the European Tour has co-sanctioned events with the Sunshine Tour for a number of years, but this is the first time the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour have joined forces. The fiirst event is this week with the Limpopo Championship , that is followed by the Cape Town Open and then finially the long established Dimension Data Pro Am. Jordan Wrisdale, David Boote, Stuart Manley and South AFrican based Martin Rohwer are all playing in these events. Rohwer currently is in the Top 10 of the Sunshine Tour OOM having won earlier in the season. Follow the live scores on www.europeantour.com or on the Tour app or via @blackstar twitter feed.  

Jordan Wrisdale will make his debut on the PGA European Tour this week at the 2020 South African Open at Rand Park GC 

Although the curtain has only just come down on the 2019 Race To Dubai with Jon Rahm taking the title in Dubai yesterday the 2020 Race To Dubai starts in South Africa this week with the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek CC, this event is a co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Touir. Making his debut on the European Tour will be Martin Rohwer who is currently 8th on the Sunshine Tour ranking list following his victory at the Investec Royal Swazi Open earlier in the year.

Jordan Wrisdale tees up tomorrow in Rd 1 of the notoriously tough European Qualifying School. The event takes place at Lumine GC in Spain  with the top 25 players gaining full European Status for 2020 season, the event is played over 6 rounds with a cut coming after 4 rounds.

David Boote remians in China this week for the final regular season event on the 2019 schedule, the $500,000 Foshan Open, this is the biggest event on the schedule and the winner will secure his card for the 2020 season on the PGA European Tour. Stuart Manley goes to Portugal for the Portugal Masters in the Algarve, this again is the last regular season event on the 2019 European Tour.

Stuart Manley heads to Paris National  this week for the French Open, it is approximately a year ago when Europe won the Ryder Cup at the same venue. The French Open is the penultimate regular season event on the PGA European Tour for this year. David Boote heads to China for 2 events on the PGA Challenge Tour, again there are now only 2 regular season events left before the Challenge Tour Grand Final in Majorca, where the top 15 players will receive full playing status for the 2020 season on the main tour.  

This week Stuart Manley and the European Tour heads to Italy for the 5th event of the Rolex Series, the Italian Open will be played in Rome at the Olgiata GC where the defending champion is Francesco Molinari. The Challenge Tour visits Ireland for the Stone Irish Challenge at Headfort GC, David Boote who has finished in the top 20 of his last two events is joined by Jordan Wrisdale and Jamie Abbott. This is the last regular season event in Europe before the Challenge Tour heads east for 2 lucrative events in China.