Twelve months after a hand injury curtailed his challenge, Sam Torrance has given the thumbs up to his bid to land the De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship.
The Ryder Cup stalwart is brimming with confidence as he targets a hat-trick of PGA titles when he returns to De Vere Slaley Hall this month.
The in-form Largs man, who is one of the star names in the £250,000 championship which returns to the Northumberland resort for the third successive year from June 24-27, had to withdraw during the second round last year when he injured his thumb.
But as he targets a successful defence of the John Jacobs Order of Merit Trophy, and a fourth time in all, since joining the senior circuit in 2005, Torrance can reflect on a more than healthy start to the season.
Full story in Largs & Millport News of June 9
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