The Eagle lands at Golf At Goodwood

Former Wales and Southampton player Jones has been coming to Goodwood for 13 years with his charity event, with a number of stars from the world of sport taking part to raise funds. This year was no exception with former England footballers Ray Clemence and Luther Blissett joining snooker’s Willie Thorne out on the Park Course.

However, new to the event and with a film recently in the cinema celebrating his amazing journey from his home town of Cheltenham to his final 90m ski jump at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games, was Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards.

Eddie supported the event this year and joined the teams on course in the brilliant sunshine, where Clemence, the early clubhouse leader commented : “I play a lot of golf but that doesn’t mean I’m an experienced golfer! I love playing these charity days and the Park Course at Goodwood is as good as I’ve seen it”

Having scored well himself, event organiser Paul Jones, whose annual charity day raises between £10,000 to £15,000 for Chestnut Tree House said of the event: “The idea behind the day is to raise money for the charity and have a bit of fun along the way. We have teams of three that pay to play and bring some celebrities along, the likes of Ray Clemmence, Willie Thorne, Eddie the Eagle, Luther Blissett and Rocky Taylor, a stuntman who has appeared in Game Of Thrones. We’ve been using Goodwood for the golf days for 13 years now, it’s an unbelievable setting, especially on a day like this. I was reasonably pleased with my own game – I shot 36 points for myself so not bad at all.”