{"id":487392,"date":"2026-03-21T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487392\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:33:08","slug":"why-would-hosting-the-2035-ryder-cup-be-great-for-bolton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487392\/","title":{"rendered":"Why would hosting the 2035 Ryder Cup be great for Bolton?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stuart Leech, chief executive of Lancashire Golf, used to be based at St Pierre Marriott golf club in Chepstow, Monmouthshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is only a 20-minute drive from Celtic Manor, which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We had a hotel on the site and that was filled up significantly in advance. There were lots of activities before and we had pre-events where sponsors played,&#8221; said Leech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There was a significant boost to the club and hotel and I would anticipate similar boosts in Bolton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It could be extremely positive for the area and could bring significant long-term value.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lancashire Golf provides coaching to the next generation of golfers, as well as helping to grow the game locally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leech believes the Ryder Cup would boost the game across north-western England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It would be a huge opportunity to showcase what golf can do for so many different kinds of people, it would be really positive for bringing through young people locally,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Golf can do great things, whether that be the social aspect of playing but also for people with disabilities and how it can make their life better.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Leech, chief executive of Lancashire Golf, used to be based at St Pierre Marriott golf club in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-487392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}