The first professional golf tournament in Norfolk for 15 years, The MCB Financial Services Masters, has received rave reviews thanks to a thrilling three-days of competition. The event also doubled up as the Clutch Pro “series finale” at Norfolk’s premier golf club – Royal Norwich.
Over 100 professional golfers from across the UK competed in the Clutch Pro Tour event held at Royal Norwich on 12-14 June.
Jensen Hull from Hever Castle won the first-ever MCB Masters tournament by two-strokes with a thrilling victory over the chasing pack and receiving £8,000 in prize money and winning four challenge tour invites.
Pro-golfer Nick McCarthy from Moortown won the overall tour series accumulating £10,000 in prize money and a start in the £1.75 million pursed Cazoo Classic on the DPD World Tour
The Pro Clutch Tour is Europe’s leading ‘Open Access’ golf tour event for men and women offering career-launching incentives to pro, amateur and junior golfers. The tour has received backing from Modest! Golf Management, co-owned by Niall Horan, and attracts some of Europe’s best players with guaranteed £10,000 winner’s cheques and prize pots totalling £30,000
John Kerr, chief executive officer at Royal Norwich, said: “Welcoming the Clutch Pro Tour to Royal Norwich for the MCB Masters Event has been a huge honour and I’d like to thank all the golfers for attending and providing an exciting two days of professional golf.”
“In particular I’d like to publicly congratulate Nick McCarty and Jensen Hull for their victories and wish them, along with Jamie Dick, the very best on their tour invites.”
“None of this though would have been possible without the support of our corporate partner and main event sponsor MCB Financial Services. My thanks also goes to both Clutch Pro Tour and MCB Financial Services for their dedication and support in making the most significant golfing tour event in Norfolk for some 15 years such a resounding success.”
Mark Burton, director of MCB Financial Services and headline sponsor for the Clutch Pro Tour said: “MCB is delighted to have worked in collaboration with both Royal Norwich and the Clutch Pro Tour to deliver am exciting two-days of golf. We’ve seen some of the country’s most promising pro–golfers, from clubs across the country, competing at the very highest level, including our very own sponsored golf pros Ben Terry and Abigail O Riordan, who we value in our support of the sport and the golfing community.
“All of the feedback received from the visiting players has been extremely positive, with complements on the course, facilities and the organisation of the whole event. We thank both Royal Norwich and the Clutch Pro Tour for giving MCB Financial Services the opportunity to support & promote such a prestigious event.”
Tom Hayward- Clutch Pro Tour Director said: “We are proud to have staged the first MCB Masters at Royal Norwich and we are grateful for the support that we received from Mark Burton and the venue itself. Our ambition as a tour is provide career launching opportunities and the support of MCB has been pivotal in achieving this. It is amazing to find people that care about the development of young athletes and we hope to build this partnership with MCB and Royal Norwich, with the aim to deliver an even bigger event in 2023.”
Commenting on his MCB Masters win, pro-golfer Jensen Hull said: “I can’t thank Royal Norwich and MCB enough for all that they have done in presenting this amazing event. Clutch Pro Tour has been a great place for me to play all season and events like this cap it off, giving me great prize money to play for and big invites to develop my game.”
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