PRESS RELEASE
MASTERCARD ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP
OF THE SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
The European Seniors Tour and The R&A have today announced MasterCard Worldwide as the new Presenting Sponsor of The Senior Open Championship, commencing with the 2008 Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland.
One of the great links courses in Great Britain, the Old Course at Royal Troon will host The 2008 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard from July 24-27 next year, when the cream of international Senior golfing talent will contest the replica Claret Jug for the 22nd time.
Tom Watson, a MasterCard Worldwide Ambassador, will defend the title at Troon after the American captured his third Senior Open title at Muirfield on Sunday, defeating compatriot Mark O’Meara and Stewart Ginn by a stroke.
MasterCard Worldwide, a global payment solutions leader, was previously the Presenting Sponsor of the Championship from 2000-2004.
Since 2004, MasterCard Worldwide has been associated with the event as a Championship Patron and is now graduating back to the level of Presenting Sponsor at a time when some of the biggest stars of European golf are about to reach their 50th birthdays.
Among the new names that will be eligible to play in the Championship at Troon are three Major-winning Ryder Cup Captains in Bernhard Langer of Germany, Hal Sutton of the United States and Ian Woosnam of Wales, in addition to 1985 Open and 1988 Masters Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland.
It will be the fourth consecutive year the Championship has been staged in Scotland and the first at Royal Troon. The Scottish sequence began at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in 2005, followed by The Westin Turnberry Resort in 2006 and last week’s venue at Muirfield.
OF THE SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
The European Seniors Tour and The R&A have today announced MasterCard Worldwide as the new Presenting Sponsor of The Senior Open Championship, commencing with the 2008 Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland.
One of the great links courses in Great Britain, the Old Course at Royal Troon will host The 2008 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard from July 24-27 next year, when the cream of international Senior golfing talent will contest the replica Claret Jug for the 22nd time.
Tom Watson, a MasterCard Worldwide Ambassador, will defend the title at Troon after the American captured his third Senior Open title at Muirfield on Sunday, defeating compatriot Mark O’Meara and Stewart Ginn by a stroke.
MasterCard Worldwide, a global payment solutions leader, was previously the Presenting Sponsor of the Championship from 2000-2004.
Since 2004, MasterCard Worldwide has been associated with the event as a Championship Patron and is now graduating back to the level of Presenting Sponsor at a time when some of the biggest stars of European golf are about to reach their 50th birthdays.
Among the new names that will be eligible to play in the Championship at Troon are three Major-winning Ryder Cup Captains in Bernhard Langer of Germany, Hal Sutton of the United States and Ian Woosnam of Wales, in addition to 1985 Open and 1988 Masters Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland.
It will be the fourth consecutive year the Championship has been staged in Scotland and the first at Royal Troon. The Scottish sequence began at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in 2005, followed by The Westin Turnberry Resort in 2006 and last week’s venue at Muirfield.
Labels: Pro seniors
posted by Colin |
See story on its own page | Monday, July 30, 2007
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home