A PEARL OF A TROPHY FOR QATAR MASTERS WINNER
The handsome trophy that will go to the winner was on display at today's Press Conference to launch the 2007 Commercialbank Qatar Masters. Pictured above (left to right) are event manager Chris Myers, Commercial Bank Group CEO Andrew Stevens and Qatar Golf Assocaition president Hassan Al Nuami.
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QATAR MASTERS
Doha (QATAR): The 2007 Commercialbank Qatar Masters will take golf in Qatar to a completely new level in terms of players, prize-money, sponsorship and hospitality tournament officials announced today (January 8) at the Doha Golf Club.
To be staged over the 7,374yd Doha Golf Club championship course from January 25 to 28, the Commercialbank Qatar Masters will see the co-sanctioned PGA European Tour and Asian Tour event on the calendar for 10th time. However, according to Andrew Stevens, group CEO of title sponsors Commercialbank of Qatar, the tenth anniversary will bear no resemblance to previous Doha tournaments.
Doha (QATAR): The 2007 Commercialbank Qatar Masters will take golf in Qatar to a completely new level in terms of players, prize-money, sponsorship and hospitality tournament officials announced today (January 8) at the Doha Golf Club.
To be staged over the 7,374yd Doha Golf Club championship course from January 25 to 28, the Commercialbank Qatar Masters will see the co-sanctioned PGA European Tour and Asian Tour event on the calendar for 10th time. However, according to Andrew Stevens, group CEO of title sponsors Commercialbank of Qatar, the tenth anniversary will bear no resemblance to previous Doha tournaments.
BIGGEST AND BEST YET
“We are looking forward to making the 10th staging the biggest, best and – with $2.2 million in prize money – richest Qatar Masters,” said Stevens at a press conference staged in one of the new bespoke hospitality units designed exclusively for the event.
"Under the guidance of HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Qatari Government is striving to cement the country’s position as the sporting centre of the Middle East. The 2006 Asian Games, the recent Qatar Tennis Open and March’s Commercialbank Moto GP are just three examples of that ambition – an ambition we at Commercialbank are proud to share and one that will be firmly underlined here at Doha Golf Club in less than three weeks.”
With a prize-fund of $2.2 million that includes a winner’s cheque of $366,660, the event is certainly the richest golf event staged in Qatar and has attracted a field that will put the country in the world sporting spotlight.
Already confirmed and teeing up on January 25 will be former Masters champion and world No. 5 Ernie Els, world No. 6 Retief Goosen – both from South Africa – world No. 11 Sergio Garcia of Spain, world No. 15 and European No. 2 Paul Casey and world No. 20 Chris DiMarco from the US.
“We are looking forward to making the 10th staging the biggest, best and – with $2.2 million in prize money – richest Qatar Masters,” said Stevens at a press conference staged in one of the new bespoke hospitality units designed exclusively for the event.
"Under the guidance of HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Qatari Government is striving to cement the country’s position as the sporting centre of the Middle East. The 2006 Asian Games, the recent Qatar Tennis Open and March’s Commercialbank Moto GP are just three examples of that ambition – an ambition we at Commercialbank are proud to share and one that will be firmly underlined here at Doha Golf Club in less than three weeks.”
With a prize-fund of $2.2 million that includes a winner’s cheque of $366,660, the event is certainly the richest golf event staged in Qatar and has attracted a field that will put the country in the world sporting spotlight.
Already confirmed and teeing up on January 25 will be former Masters champion and world No. 5 Ernie Els, world No. 6 Retief Goosen – both from South Africa – world No. 11 Sergio Garcia of Spain, world No. 15 and European No. 2 Paul Casey and world No. 20 Chris DiMarco from the US.
GOLFING BIG GUNS
The complement of golfing big guns also features European Ryder Cup heroes Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, while Swede Henrik Stenson – currently ranked 12th in the world and the man who sank the winning putt in the Ryder Cup matches at the K Club – will be back in Doha to defend the title he won just 12 months earlier.
“I may be biased, but I strongly believe that with the calibre of players we have lined up, this year’s Commercialbank Qatar Masters has the strongest in-depth field of all the Tour events being staged in the region,” added Tournament Manager Chris Myers.
The complement of golfing big guns also features European Ryder Cup heroes Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, while Swede Henrik Stenson – currently ranked 12th in the world and the man who sank the winning putt in the Ryder Cup matches at the K Club – will be back in Doha to defend the title he won just 12 months earlier.
“I may be biased, but I strongly believe that with the calibre of players we have lined up, this year’s Commercialbank Qatar Masters has the strongest in-depth field of all the Tour events being staged in the region,” added Tournament Manager Chris Myers.
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