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23 March, 2007

Swinging 60’s Return To Forest Pines

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Forest Pines will again feature on the PGA national tournament schedule when it hosts the popular PGA Super 60's Tournament on 22 and 23 August.

The 36 hole pro-am, featuring former Tour and Ryder Cup players, boasts a £10,000 prize fund and it will be the second year it's been staged at the Lincolnshire club.

Defending champions will be East Anglian duo Frank Hill and his amateur partner Brian Underwood from Thorpeness who claimed the title after a play-off.

Forest Pines pro Daniel Greenwood, 33, who was away competing last year during inaugural event, is looking forward to the tournament's return and believes patience will be the key to unlocking the course, insisting a steady game with few risks is the best way to succeed around his home course.

Greenwood said: "When I play the course I tend not to get the driver out too much, and rely on the three wood and irons.

"You need to keep it straight and on the fairways, but if you do go off into the trees your best bet is to recover rather than going for the glory shot and go for the green."

"I was a little disappointed I was away last year, but the tournament went well and everyone at the club is excited about staging it again," he added.

"Last year's tournament was played late on, in October, but it's been brought forward this year to August and the course will be in tip-top condition at that time of year, the fairways will be running faster, though the greens should be the same as they are sand based, so run the same in winter and summer."

PGA chief executive Sandy Jones said: "The Super 60's is always popular and gives many of our members the opportunity to renew old friendships but once they get on the course the competitive instincts are still fierce and it's always keenly contested right down to the wire."

The inaugural PGA Super 60's was staged in 1994 in response to the increasing popularity of senior's golf at professional and amateur level.

Played on a betterball basis over 36-holes, the Super 60's is competed for by teams of a pro and an amateur over 60 years of age.