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...As Jamie Hodges, Head of Challenge Tour, explained, St. Mellion Estate's unique location accompanied by the famed Cornish welcome will make for a thrilling week of world-class golf.

"We are delighted that the British Challenge presented by Modest! Golf Management will be returning to St. Mellion Estate in August," he explained. "We enjoyed a memorable visit last year as Scotland's Euan Walker secured his maiden victory in dramatic style on the Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and we are looking forward to working with the team again."...

We aren't the billionaire hotel spa that took over a decade to build...however we have seen significant investment in to our fabulous Wellness facilities over the last decade that we are worthy of a mention in this great article!

Set across 450 acres of tranquil Cornish countryside, the St Mellion Estate is ideal for spa lovers and non-spa-loving partners, with two golf courses, tennis courts and three swimming pools, alongside the Elemis spa.

"With plenty of walks to take in around the grounds – even without a golf club in hand – plus great options for eating and drinking, you could seriously spend two or three days on site and not feel the need to visit the outside world. As it was, we had to reluctantly get back to real life and leave St Mellion just as we were getting rather used to a life of relaxation and luxury...."

"A hidden gem tucked away on Cornwall’s south-east coast, St. Mellion Estate offers peaceful countryside self-catering holiday cottages, a beautifully situated contemporary hotel, and two championship golf courses. Muddy checked in..."

THE MUDDY VERDICT

Good for: Family trips with a decent all-round base with top of the range facilities on site. It goes without saying that golfers love the stay & play breaks, and locals the health club memberships, but it also offers a great place from which to take a self-catering holiday as St. Mellion is so well placed...

Jamie Hodges, Head of Challenge Tour, said: “It is incredibly exciting to be able to take the

Challenge Tour to St. Mellion for the British Challenge presented by Modest! Golf

Management.

“St. Mellion offers one of the best golfing experiences in the United Kingdom and the

Nicklaus Signature Golf Course will provide a true test for our members..."

Following a 15-year wait to welcome back elite golf to the West of England, the prestigious 36-hole venue has been making provision for its return to golf’s upper echelons. Now, with the cream of Europe’s golfers set to follow in the footsteps of legends like Olazabal, Langer and Ballesteros by teeing it up at one the UK’s most revered courses – the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course...

“It is so exciting to have the British Challenge in Cornwall,” explained Malcolm Bell, Chief Executive of Visit Cornwall. “I know the team at St Mellion Estate will ensure a great event that will attract spectators from not only the local area but also the wider region and other parts of the UK.”

Nicklaus told TG: “Originally, I twice – maybe three times – turned down the Bond brothers, Herman and Martin, when they asked me to design the golf course. I did so only because of the challenge of the property. They came back and said, ‘please, Jack, do this golf course. It just makes sense for us. We just can’t do anything else’. I said OK, but understand it’s going to be a unique golf course.