The World of Golfing Issue 09 2020 | Page 30

30 THE WORLD OF GOLFING LA MANGA CLUB Reds To Play Off Whites For Charity At La Manga Club La Manga Club Three of Liverpool FC’s living legends will be among the celebrities supporting a UK children’s charity when they tee up in a fundraising tournament at La Manga Club, in Murcia, Spain, this week. Former European Cup winners Mark Lawrenson, Ronnie Whelan and Alan Kennedy – who scored the winning goals in the 1981 and 1984 European Cup finals – are playing in the Caudwell Children Celebrity Golf Classic, on September 26 and 27. Previous celebrity captains have included former England footballer, now Strictly Come Dancing contestant, David James, and TV presenters Ant & Dec and Ben Shephard, and they’ve been joined, down the years, by many other celebrities from the worlds of sport, stage and screen. “It’s for a great cause because Caudwell Children has just launched a specialist sports equipment programme that provides disabled children with the sports equipment they need to participate, which is simply fantastic. Five-time title winner Lawrenson, who like his former manager Kenny Dalglish, is a regular visitor to La Manga Club, explained: “It will be fabulous meeting up with lads again and it’s going to be a really enjoyable couple of days. La Manga is arguably the world’s best sports resort and the golf courses are superb. “Every child deserves the opportunity to play sport as it’s vital for their physical health and mental wellbeing, so I’m delighted to be supporting the charity.” Established in 2000, by entrepreneur and philanthropist John Caudwell, the Staffordshire-based Caudwell Children charity provides practical and emotional