The Allen Invitational
Captain
Henry Allen
- Age
- 35
- Handicap
- 13
- Strengths
- Low irons, lethal from 200+ yards
- Weakness
- Putter remains in active negotiations.
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The Event
Friday, 1 May 2026
Tee Times
First tee off at 1:00pm
Venue
Styrrup Hall Golf & Country Club, Doncaster
Format
4 × 4-ball groups, each playing as two teams of 2. Scoring is ¾ handicap Stableford. The winning unit is the 2-man team with the most points across the field.
The 9-Hole Rule
Each player must have their score carded as the primary one on exactly 9 of the 18 holes. Both players in a pair must each contribute on their allocated 9 — keeping it honest and tactical.
Entry
£38 per player, payable to the pro on the day. Includes a coffee and your choice of chip butty or bacon sandwich.
Richard Hazell, Richard Hill, Stu Vardy and Keith Webster play as guests — no green fee, but they'll need to sort their own sani if they want one.
Prizes
A prize for each member of the winning team, plus a nearest pin competition on the 13th.
Buggies allocated to: George Allen, Dave Bradshaw, Adrian Allen and Stu Vardy.
Weather at the Course
The Course
Styrrup Hall Golf & Country Club
Set within 150 acres of landscaped grounds near the South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire boundary, Styrrup Hall presents itself as a thoroughly civilised test of golf, provided one ignores what happens at the 3rd.
The course plays as a par 73 at 6,745 yards from the white tees and has matured considerably since opening in 2000. Drainage is reliably excellent, meaning the fairways stay available year-round and the club has built a deserved reputation both locally and rather further afield.
Then there is "Jousters Gallop," the par-5 3rd: widely regarded as the UK's longest par 5, stretching to roughly 712 yards from the whites and often straight into the wind. It is less a hole and more a politely staged inquiry into how much golf one person can play before reaching a green.
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Getting There
Styrrup sits just off the A1(M), outside Doncaster. If you can find a fairway, you can find the postcode. The map below handles the rest.
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The Allen Invitational Record
2024
An Inaugural Chapter in Northumberland
The Allen Invitational was founded in 2024, its first chapter unfolding across the storied links of Northumberland. Over the course of a long and windswept weekend, competitors traversed three distinguished courses: Bamburgh Castle Golf Club, Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course, and the resolutely charming Seahouses Golf Club.
It was a contest shaped as much by sea air and shifting light as by skill. Drives were struck beneath medieval silhouettes; putts were judged against horizons of restless grey. It was, in every sense, a beginning, a gathering of like-minded golfers who suspected, correctly, that something quietly significant had just taken place.
A fantastic affair, yes, but more importantly, a catalyst for things to come.
2024 chapter photography
2025
A Continental Interlude
The following year saw the tournament adopt a slightly more continental disposition. Murcia, Spain was, for one long weekend, the epicentre of refined competition and questionably ambitious recovery shots.
Play unfolded across El Valle Golf Resort, El Torre Golf Resort, and the faintly eccentric Altaona Golf and Country Village, the latter rumoured, with absolutely no official confirmation whatsoever, to count Deborah Meaden among its membership.
The sun was warmer. The bunkers no less judgemental. The standard of play, one assumes, improved marginally.
By now, what began as an experiment had settled into tradition.
2025 chapter photography
2026
A Return to Origins
And so we arrive at this year's gathering, a return not merely to England, but to the spiritual starting point of the founders' own golfing education.
There could be only one venue: Styrrup Hall Golf and Country Club.
Home to a 712-yard par five of entirely unnecessary ambition, and bunkers whose geometry might be described as… assertive, Styrrup provides a stage both exacting and theatrical. It is a course that rewards patience, punishes ego, and has very little sympathy for either.
Most significantly, 2026 marks the first edition in which guests are, in fact, formally invited. A subtle but meaningful evolution.
2026 chapter — Styrrup Hall Golf & Country Club
An Invitation to History
Three years. Three chapters. One increasingly unreasonable standard.
Its growth has been deliberate. Its standards uncompromising. Its company carefully curated.
We welcome you to witness the next chapter. To walk fairways where stories are quietly written. And, should fortune allow, to become part of a tradition that is only just beginning.
History, as ever, prefers good company.
Players
Sixteen players. Four teams. One invitational.
Move It
2
Alan Wells (Wellsy)
Lost a little length but won't speak about that
HCP13.5
3
Richard Hazell (Rumpole)
Long hitter but the jury will be out on the day
HCP13
4
Richard Hill (Dickhill of Tickhill)
Bookies favourite
HCP17
We Don't Talk Anymore / Apache
Double A side
Captain
George Allen
- Age
- 33
- Handicap
- 24
- Strengths
- Dog legs right
- Weakness
- Dog legs left
6
Dave Bradshaw (Whisperin)
Quietly confident
HCP20
7
Chris Allen (Chairman)
In his hey-day electric
HCP20
8
Pepe D'Iasio (Pep)
Score card Sheriff – trained to catch and beat bandidos
HCP25
The Young Ones
Captain
Edward Allen
- Age
- 29
- Handicap
- 26
- Strengths
- A dangerous 3 wood accessible in seemingly any situation
- Weakness
- Needs reminding that not every wedge shot is a flop
10
Ryan (Sanchez)
Sheriff informed
HCP15
11
Alex (Ginga)
Cockney, prone to getting into Barney rubble
HCP26
12
Ollie (Sonya)
Alex has to card on 9 holes, Ollie
HCP26
Reelin and a Rockin
Captain
Adrian Allen
- Age
- 60+
- Handicap
- 28
- Strengths
- Tight draw that is incredibly consistent
- Weakness
- Lost a lot of guts
14
Stu Vardy (Bunty)
Admitted to being a hippy
HCP28
15
Andy Cash (Rampra)
Could be weak at the knees
HCP27
16
Keith Webster (Rupert)
Still has heart
HCP25