Stephen Dodd returns to the Forest of Arden to defend his Farmfoods European Senior Masters title

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With a few days to go until this year’s Farmfoods European Senior Masters gets underway, the full list of professionals has now been announced for the Staysure Tour event which takes place at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club.
 
One man who will be hoping to reclaim his title and take home the €50,000 prize that comes with it, is former European Tour winner, Stephen Dodd. The Welshman was victorious in last year’s inaugural event and will be joined on the course by a whole host of stars.
 
This includes legendary Australian player, Peter Fowler. The former European Tour winner has six Staysure Tour victories to his name, including this year’s Willow Senior Golf Classic. Another professional who has one Staysure Tour victory to his name is Phillip Golding who has four wins on the Tour in total.
 
Spaniard, Miguel Angel Martin, has won three European Tour events in his career but is still seeking for his first Staysure Tour win. He will hope it will come at the Forest of Arden and Andre Bossert will also be looking to add to his one Staysure Tour win.  
Carl Mason holds the record for most victories on the Staysure Tour with 25, and is also the event’s leading money winner, he will be looking to add to his tally at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters. Gary Wolstenholme MBE is a regular on the Staysure Tour circuit and has won three times on the Staysure Tour in his career. Magnus P Atlevi won last month’s European Tour Properties Senior Classic and will be hoping to bring his good form to the event.
 
Joining this stellar list of professionals at the event are 14 former Ryder Cup stars including: 1991 Masters winner, Ian Woosnam OBE, European Tour winner Barry Lane, five time European Tour winner Jarmo Sandelin, French stars Thomas Levet and Jean van de Velde, legendary Italian player, Costantino Rocca, as well as Phillip Price, Gordon J Brand, Gordon Brand Jnr, David Gilford, Des Smyth, Eamon Darcy, Phillip Walton and event host Peter Baker.
 
Peter also discussed his delight at seeing such a fantastic list of players coming on board for this year’s event. He said: “Last year’s Farmfoods European Senior Masters was a huge success and that was largely down to the amount of golfing stars we had take part. This year looks set to be even better and I cannot wait to see everyone in action.”
 
Additionally, for the full list of professionals who will be participating in this year’s Farmfoods European Senior Masters, click here
 
As well as headline sponsor Farmfoods, and event organisers Champions (UK) plc, other partners include: Total Motion, Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Marriott, Staysure Tour, Liberty Industries Group, Maxi Low, Bentley Leicester, Lamborghini Leicester, the Lord’s Taverners and Birmingham Post. 
 
You can still get your FREE tickets for the event by visiting: 
​https://europeanseniormasters.com/