Legends Tour drops bombshell ahead of 2025 season

The Legends Tour has unveiled its first wave of tournaments scheduled for the 2025 season including two new events and an eye-watering record €20m prize pool for senior professionals.

Legends Tour - the Europen Tour's senior circuit for over 50s - also continues to offer keen amateurs the greatest amateur experience in sport, playing alongside legends of the game in stunning locations.

The globetrotting schedule will start with the 2025 Legends Tour Qualifying School played at Gloria Hotel and Resorts, Belek, Turkey (13-20 January).

Following this, 16 additional tournaments have been confirmed including Barbados, Vietnam, Zambia, Greece, Ireland, France, Italy, Mexico and India.

New tournaments include the Marbella Legends at Aloha Golf Club, in Spain (14th-16th February) and the NI Legends Open to be played at Galgorm, Ballymena (29-31 August), with more additions to be announced later this year. 

They join Legends Tour staples such as the flagship Staysure PGA Seniors Championship which will return to Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen (31 July-3 August) for its third year following the success of previous year’s events and the OFX Irish Legends hosted on the championship course at Mount Juliet Estate (16th – 17th May), which has previously been the venue for five Irish Opens and two World Golf Championships.

Many of the Legends Tour’s brightest stars will be eyeing up major victory in 2025 at the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda (22nd-25th May), the US Senior Open at The Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs (26-29 June), and The Senior Open returning to Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire (24-27 July).

As well as the tournament silverware, some of golf’s biggest names will also be competing for the largest prize pool in Legends Tour history. 

The €20m (more than €10m of which will be assigned outside of the majors of senior men’s golf – the Senior PGA Championship, the US Senior Open and The Senior Open) represents a 16% increase in prize funds year-on-year.

“Over the summer we have been working hard and 2025 promises to be another incredible year for the Legends Tour," said Phil Harrison, CEO of the Legends Tour. 

“Securing new events in some truly spectacular venues around the world is always a key objective of ours, and we are thrilled with the additions to the schedule for this season, as well as the prestigious venues we are honoured to return to.

“Everything from the standard of competition to the number of amateurs getting involved has been growing year on year, and 2025 will be no exception. This is the earliest we’ve been able to announce next year’s schedule due to the new approach to multi-year tournament contracting.

"Further additions to the schedule will be announced later this year and we cannot wait to see it all unfold."

Complementing the drama of the professional events will be the unique Legends Experience where passionate amateurs can tee off alongside their heroes in the Tour’s one-of-a-kind pro-am experience. Amateurs live the life of a professional golfer, playing in tournament conditions in-front of the crowds and TV cameras with access to the players’ lounge and locker room, private coaching clinics with our Legends and practice on the players’ range. Amateurs will also enjoy world-class hospitality and attend VIP functions, such as evenings hosted by Ryder Cup Legends. The Legends Experience has now been rolled out to 11 tournaments across the globe.

The Luxe Scot Celebrity Pro-Am will also return to the OFX Irish Legends and the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship and features stars from the world of sport and entertainment competing to raise money and awareness for their chosen charities.

For more information on the Legends Tour and to book a Legends Experience, click here or email: concierge@legendstour.com