Trip to The Masters up for grabs at Stoke Park

A trip to the 2017 US Masters, worth £17,000, will be up for grabs at Stoke Park Country Club, Spa & Hotel, next month, when visitors participate in a special event to relaunch the historic Colt course at the two five-AA Red Star golf club.

During the winter, every bunker on the Colt course - the first nine holes of the historic 27-hole layout - underwent major renovation to both shape and size.

The strategic positioning of the bunkers remains, however, and a group of invited golfers will have the chance to see the changes for themselves on May 19th.

What's more, when they play the iconic seventh hole - which was the inspiration for the original 16th hole at Augusta National, home of the US Masters - there will be a £17,000 prize up for grabs for anybody scoring a hole-in-one: a trip to next year's US Masters.

The prize, for two people, includes return flights from Heathrow to Atlanta; de-luxe round-trip transfers from Atlanta Airport to Augusta; five nights' B&B accommodation; entry to all four days of the Masters, with an official Masters' spectator chair for prime-viewing location; and a complimentary shuttle between the hotel and the golf club.

Stoke Park's director of golf, Stuart Collier said,  "The Masters is a unique event in golf's calendar - arguably in sport altogether - and we're delighted to be able to offer this rare opportunity to win a trip to see the whole event.

"Mind you, anybody winning it will have earned it. The seventh hole, a 172-yard, par three, requires a carry of 153 yards - some of it over water - to the front of a green angled diagonally on the line of flight and set into a slope, with bunkers at the back; while, at the front, it falls away sharply down to the lake.”

We’ll find out how they got on May 19^th, and whether or not someone could find themselves as hole in one, which is certainly going to be a big ask.

Check out this amazing hole-in-one by an 11 year-old at Tiger's Bluejack National.