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JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC
An impressive contingent of Ryder Cup stalwarts and Canada’s No 1 player have further boosted the star-studded field for this year’s Johnnie Walker Classic, which tees off at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand, from March 1-4, 2007 and is presented by Johnnie Walker, the world’s leading Scotch whisky brand.
The European Ryder Cup team’s talisman, Colin Montgomerie, reigning captain Ian Woosnam and former captain Sam Torrance will line up alongside past US Masters champion, Mike Weir in the US$2.44 million tournament, referred to as Asia’s premier golf event since its inception in 1990.
This year’s star attractions at the Johnnie Walker Classic already include three of the world's top 10 players: Adam Scott of Australia at No. 3, South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, currently ranked fifth and eighth in the world respectively, plus Englishman, Paul Casey, who won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship two weeks ago and is currently ranked 13th in the world.
FANTASTIC FIELD
Ben Anderson, Global Brand Director for Johnnie Walker, commenting on the latest signings said, “Once again the Johnnie Walker Classic is bringing a fantastic field of top international golfers to Asia and it will be a real treat for local golf fans to be able to watch some truly inspiring world-class golfing action right on their very own doorstep. “And as for the players themselves, we wish them the very best of luck and hope that in the spirit of Johnnie Walker’s 'Keep Walking' message, which aims to inspire people to progress towards their dreams and ambitions, their performance at the tournament will inspire many others to take their own first step towards their own goals,” concluded Anderson.
OMEGA TO BE TITLE SPONSORS FOR WORLD CUP
The International Federation of PGA Tours has announced that Omega has further enhanced its involvement in golf with the signing of an agreement to become title sponsor of the Mission Hills World Cup in China.
The World Cup is the oldest and most prestigious global golf team event in the world inviting two-man teams from as many as 28 nation.
It is hardly surprising that it has been labelled “The Olympics of Golf”, a title of huge significance in today’s China.
The 12-year contract, concluded at the European Tour’s headquarters at Wentworth, Surrey, will see Mission Hills Golf Club, China, host the Omega Mission Hills World Cup through to the year 2018.
Meanwhile, this year's World Cup - November 22 to 25 - will lose its association with the World Golf Championships (WGC), officials said on Monday.
The two-man team competition, which began as the Canada Cup in 1953, had been a WGC event since 2000 when Americans Tiger Woods and David Duval triumphed in Buenos Aires, "The event, although sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours, will not fall under the umbrella of the World Golf Championships," the federation said in a statement.
In recent years, the WGC-World Cup has failed to attract the game's best players.
World number one Woods has not played since 2001 and other notable absentees from last December's edition in Barbados included Americans Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk and South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.
JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC
An impressive contingent of Ryder Cup stalwarts and Canada’s No 1 player have further boosted the star-studded field for this year’s Johnnie Walker Classic, which tees off at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand, from March 1-4, 2007 and is presented by Johnnie Walker, the world’s leading Scotch whisky brand.
The European Ryder Cup team’s talisman, Colin Montgomerie, reigning captain Ian Woosnam and former captain Sam Torrance will line up alongside past US Masters champion, Mike Weir in the US$2.44 million tournament, referred to as Asia’s premier golf event since its inception in 1990.
This year’s star attractions at the Johnnie Walker Classic already include three of the world's top 10 players: Adam Scott of Australia at No. 3, South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, currently ranked fifth and eighth in the world respectively, plus Englishman, Paul Casey, who won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship two weeks ago and is currently ranked 13th in the world.
FANTASTIC FIELD
Ben Anderson, Global Brand Director for Johnnie Walker, commenting on the latest signings said, “Once again the Johnnie Walker Classic is bringing a fantastic field of top international golfers to Asia and it will be a real treat for local golf fans to be able to watch some truly inspiring world-class golfing action right on their very own doorstep. “And as for the players themselves, we wish them the very best of luck and hope that in the spirit of Johnnie Walker’s 'Keep Walking' message, which aims to inspire people to progress towards their dreams and ambitions, their performance at the tournament will inspire many others to take their own first step towards their own goals,” concluded Anderson.
OMEGA TO BE TITLE SPONSORS FOR WORLD CUP
The International Federation of PGA Tours has announced that Omega has further enhanced its involvement in golf with the signing of an agreement to become title sponsor of the Mission Hills World Cup in China.
The World Cup is the oldest and most prestigious global golf team event in the world inviting two-man teams from as many as 28 nation.
It is hardly surprising that it has been labelled “The Olympics of Golf”, a title of huge significance in today’s China.
The 12-year contract, concluded at the European Tour’s headquarters at Wentworth, Surrey, will see Mission Hills Golf Club, China, host the Omega Mission Hills World Cup through to the year 2018.
Meanwhile, this year's World Cup - November 22 to 25 - will lose its association with the World Golf Championships (WGC), officials said on Monday.
The two-man team competition, which began as the Canada Cup in 1953, had been a WGC event since 2000 when Americans Tiger Woods and David Duval triumphed in Buenos Aires, "The event, although sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours, will not fall under the umbrella of the World Golf Championships," the federation said in a statement.
In recent years, the WGC-World Cup has failed to attract the game's best players.
World number one Woods has not played since 2001 and other notable absentees from last December's edition in Barbados included Americans Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk and South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.
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