History beckons for the legends in Greece
MAJOR champions, Ryder Cup players and global winners all gathered for the fourth regular event of the Legends Tour season, the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy this week.
The Legends Tour returned to Greece for the second Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy, with Paul Lawrie, Michael Campbell, Scott Hend and Stephen Gallacher headling an international field with players from all six inhabited continents.
In addition to seven former Ryder Cup players, two-time DP World Tour champion Anthony Wall was making his debut and PGA Tour winner Bo Van Pelt was playing in his first regular Legends Tour event, having made his over-50s bow at the recent Senior PGA Championship in America – the first of three majors that count on this year's Order of Merit.
It was another American who wrote his name in the history books last year as Clark Dennis won the inaugural Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy with a score of 17-under.
The Texan was relishing the prospect of defending his title in Greece after enjoying his first visit to the country so much 12 months ago.
'It was great. The venue was just amazing from the start. I thought the courses were brilliant and we just had a fantastic time the whole week.
'There's a lot of history and a lot of fun things to see, and the resort is incredible.
'I can't recommend it highly enough for people to go and experience it,' he said.
Scoring was incredibly low on the Bay 12 months ago, but it was the Olympic where Dennis came to the fore with two rounds of 66 to come through the field and win by four shots.
'The Olympic is a good course. I thought it was fair. It's scorable if you drive it in the fairway, but if you start to drive it a little crooked, it can be tough,' he said.
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