The Legends Tour has unveiled app-based travel insurance specialist Wapp as its title sponsor for the 2023 Celebrity Series as some of the biggest stars from sport, media and entertainment compete to win a share of £100,000 for their chosen charities.
The new partnership with the Legends Tour will see Wapp sponsor this year’s Celebrity Series events, as well as the Celebrity Series Grand Final – an event set to return to Constance Belle Mare Plage in Mauritius in December ahead of the Legends Tour’s season-ending MCB Tour Championship.
A fans’ favourite since its launch in 2021, famous faces including former England cricket captain Sir Andrew Strauss, 1996 Formula One World Champion Damon Hill and broadcaster Dan Walker have all competed in the Celebrity Series in recent years.
Celebrity players are joined by a Legends Tour player and an amateur golfer – living the life of their golfing heroes by competing in front of crowds and TV cameras – at events throughout the season as they battle in a Stableford competition to win a place at the end-of-season Grand Final, where they play to take home a split of the £100,000 prize fund for their chosen charity. Three Celebrity Series events will be held in 2023, with competitions in Jersey, Ireland and Scotland.
Launching the Wapp Celebrity Series, La Moye Golf Club on the island of Jersey will stage the first event of the season on June 8
On June 22, new Legends Tour venue Seapoint Golf Links, located on the East coast just an hour north of Dublin, will welcome celebrities ahead of hosting its first major international professional tournament, the Irish Legends.
Later in the summer on August 23, the 2023 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, another first-time Legends Tour venue, will host the final Wapp Celebrity Series event ahead of the Grand Final.
Celebrities set to compete in the events will be announced over the coming weeks, but tickets with an early booking discount of 25 per cent are available to purchase now for the Irish Legends and Staysure PGA Seniors Championship. Tickets for the Jersey Legends will be free.
Phil Harrison, chief executive officer of the Legends Tour, said: “We are delighted to have Wapp as the title sponsor for this year’s Celebrity Series. The field of celebrities for this year promises to be incredible and we are looking forward to welcoming them all as they compete for huge prizes for their chosen charities.”
