Golf: Charles tapering off on European Tour

NZ golfing great Sir Bob Charles is eyeing one more year of competitive golf. Photo / Paul Taylor

New Zealand golfing great Sir Bob Charles is close to ending his tenure on the European Tour's senior golf circuit.

Charles, 73, said he had become increasingly weary of travelling and had virtually given up playing on the Champions Tour in the United States.

"I'd like to think I'll play half a dozen tournaments next year," he told the Glasgow Herald newspaper.

"I've been tapering off in recent years. I played 13 last year and this year it will be eight".

"I'd like to think I will have one more year of competitive golf and after that I cannot envision playing competitively other than the Legends of Golf (in the US)."

The 1963 British Open champion is yet to decide where and when to bid farewell to the game in Europe.

- NZPA