Paul Lawrie is the 1999 Open Champion. Lawrie started the day ten shots back and a brilliant 66 followed by victory in a four-hole play-off Lawrie his first Major and Scotland’s first Open Champion on home soil since James Braid won at St Andrews in 1910.

Michael Campbell became the first Challenge Tour graduate to win a Major Championship in 2005 when he won the U.S. Open Championship after holding off the challenge of Tiger Woods at Pinehurst No.2.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ian ‘Woosie’ Woosnam was a name never far away from the top of the leaderboard. A winner on both the PGA and European Tours, the highlight of his career was undoubtedly his Masters’ triumph in 1991.

James Kingston is a three-time winner on the Legends Tour having won once in each of the past three seasons.

Jean-François Remésy is a two-time winner on the Legends Tour and three-times a winner on the DP World Tour.

José Cóceres is a two-time winner on the Legends Tour with triumphs in Switzerland and Austria.

A serial winner on tour and on senior tours, four top 5 finishes in the Open, a Ryder Cup captaincy and a successful battle against ill health represent the strength of Mark James.

Markus Brier claimed his first Legends Tour victory at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters hosted by Peter Baker in October 2021. The Austrian had finished runner-up in the event on his previous two starts but prevailed at Forest of Arden in autumn 2021.

Peter won the 2023 Road to Mauritius title at the end of an impressive season which included four Legends Tour wins.

"I cannot wait to host the Farmfoods European Seniors Masters at the famous La Manga Club, it is all set to be three days of fantastic golf in the Spanish sunshine!"

Peter Baker

Peter Fowler won the John Jacobs Trophy for finishing the year as Legends Tour Number One in 2011.

Clark joined the Legends Tour in 2017 through Q-school and made an immediate impact – winning twice, claiming the Order of Merit and being named the Rookie of the Year!

Phillip Price is a three-times winner on the Legends Tour, he won the Order of Merit in 2019 and is a former Ryder Cup player. His most recent victory came at the 2022 Irish Legends presented by the McGinley Foundation as he would finish 3rd in the MCB Race to Mauritius rankings that year too.