SNOW GOLF - CAN
SAM PEAK AGAIN
IN ALPS?

Victorious Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance is looking to add to his long list of golfing achievements this month as he hopes to win the Chivas Snow Golf Championship in St Moritz. Golf professionals and celebrities alike will compete in Switzerland, including keen golfer and supermodel Jodie Kidd (pictured right) who returns for the second consecutive year.
Golf’s coolest tournament, with a field of over 150 competitors from more than 18 countries, takes place on January 12 and 13.
Torrance, the "godfather of British golf," has continued his winning ways throughout his illustrious career and most recently topped the European Seniors Tours Order of Merit. However Sam, a veteran of eight Ryder Cups, faces tough competition as he tries his hand at golf’s ‘coolest’ tournament because he will be competing against the reigning Chivas Snow Golf champion, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano from Spain.
Torrance said: “Over the years golf has given me some fantastic experiences and it is so refreshing to try something different like the Chivas Snow Golf Championship. Playing on snow is something that we should be used to in Scotland but this is still a new one for me!”
Fernandez-Castano, the 2005 European Tour Rookie of the Year and winner of the 2006 BMW Asian Open, claimed victory in last year’s snow tournament from a quality field that included two-time Major winner Sandy Lyle.
Despite last year’s snow golf success Fernandez-Castano will have to be at the top of his game to beat new entrants Sam Torrance and the Danish ex-professional Henrik Bergqvist. Henrik is a specialist snow golf course builder and used to keeping his cool in snowy conditions.
English professional Paul Eales completes the line up in the men’s professional field, while leading Swiss amateur Caroline Rominger is favourite to win the amateur title.