A star-studded line-up is being assembled for golf-mad Sir Ian Botham’s Charity Golf Classic at ‘Beefy’s’ home course, the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club in Spain, on October 11-13.

A host of celebrities and legends from the world of sport and  entertainment industry have already confirmed their participation and support of the event being presented by CGTV Games Ltd and set to considerably boost the coffers of  Leukaemia Research of which Sir Ian is president.

Sir Viv Richards, Nasser Hussain, Steve Cram, Peter Baker, Gordon Brand Jnr, Paul Way, Malcolm MacKenzie, Phil Golding, Mark Davies, Roger Chapman, Steve Richardson, Matt Dawson, Mark Williams, Jimmy Case, Vinny Samways and Ronan Keating, are among some of the big names who have accepted invitations to lead their amateur teams into action, playing 36 holes over two days. 

Desert Springs is the only luxury desert resort in Europe.  Located in the Almanzora region of Almeria, south-east Spain, it has the warmest, driest and sunniest winter climate on the Iberian coast and in Europe.  

Beefy's big event has further been boosted by the news that it is being sponsored by leading coffeee company Java Trading.                                                                                 

Former cricketing legend Botham is a true golfing nut and is a member of several clubs both at home and abroad - he certainly proved too good for TG when he successfully tackled us for the 'TG Tenner' at his beloved Portmarnock Links course near Dublin.

He said: "The commitment of my sporting celebrity friends to give up their time and the players that have entered the event will guarantee, great golf, great fun, great friendship and most of all, the raising of much- needed funds for Leukaemia Research.”

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The Turkish Golf Federation (TGF) is scouting the entire country and has already increased the number of licensed players to over 5,000.
  
While Spain earns 6 billion euros and Portugal gets 2 billion euros, Turkey only receives around 160 million euros from golf tourism, and it is the biggest asset for tourism's biggest countries.