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Peter and fiancée Julie, with the diamond engagement ring he bought while in Dubai for the DP World Tour Championship
Destination Golf’ s Global Editor, Peter Ellegard, recently made the birdie of his life – by proposing to his long-time partner, Julie Thompson.
Peter chose to pop the question while he was in Mauritius for the MCB Tour Championship, the final event of the 2024 Legends Tour which took place at the Constance Belle Mare Plage resort. Following the conclusion of the championship, the couple moved on to nearby sister hotel Constance Prince Maurice, where Peter went down on one knee to propose to Julie during a private wine tasting session in the hotel’ s wine cellar, where they celebrated with a Champagne toast when she said yes. They have set a date to marry in December at Whitstable Castle on the north Kent coast in England, close to where they live in Gravesend. A few weeks after that, the happy couple plan to enjoy a leisurely round-the-world honeymoon, visiting Canada’ s Vancouver then flying on to Honolulu for a week’ s cruise around the Hawaiian islands, before spending time with family and friends visiting New Zealand’ s North and South Islands prior to returning to the UK via Thailand in time for Peter to work at the 2026 IAGTO Asia Golf Tourism Convention in Pattaya.
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