The original Trilby Tour was launched by Savile Row tailor William Hunt in 2007 and ran for 12 years, with thousands of amateur players from across the UK competing at a series of regional 18-hole tournaments for the chance to qualify for a Grand Final.
[2] Annual viewing figures in the region of 3.5 million in 2016 made the Trilby Tour one of the, if not the, largest amateur golf television series in Europe.
[3] Following the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Trilby Tour ran into financial trouble and folded before being acquired by holiday company Darwin Escapes.
[4] The new-look Trilby Tour was relaunched in 2021, with Darwin Escapes promising a revitalised format and a series of events that are “bigger and better than ever”.
[5] Under its new guise, the Trilby Tour opened for the first time to both male and female amateurs.