United States and Australia beckoning for

Father-son tourney winners in Spain

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The winners of this year’s European Father and Son Championship will test themselves against some of the best in the world next year after organisers secured a deal for them to play against their counterparts in America and Australia.
In an exciting development for the event, the 2009 champions will be invited to play in both the National Father and Son Team Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Australian Father and Son Championships in Tasmania in 2010.
The 2009 European Father and Son Championship will be held for the second year running at the PortAventura Golf Resort on Spain’s Costa Dorada from October 27-November 1 and tournament director Toby Marsden is expecting a fiercely-fought contest following the latest announcement.
Like its European counterpart, the American and Australian father and son tournaments are 54-hole events and are open to any father and son combinations including grandfathers, stepfathers and professionals with no age restrictions and a handicap limit of 24.
In addition, Marsden has also agreed a deal with Motocaddy for the electric trolley company to partner the event in 2009, with four state-of-the-art digital trollies worth around £1,000 to be offered as prizes.
English duo Martin and Connor Hamilton, from The Lambourne Golf Club, Berkshire, are set to return to Spain to defend their European title in October, when more than 100 pairs from countries including France, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Wales and the Czech Republic are expected to take part,
Sky Sports TV will televise the event for the second year running and it will again be played on PortAventura’s impressive South and North championship courses – the latter designed by Australian golfing legend Greg Norman.
The cost of the week is just £699 per player with £100 discount for juniors - which includes two rounds of golf each on the North and South courses, five nights’ half-board stay in a four-star hotel within the resort, transfers, evening entertainment, gala dinner and prize-giving on the final night.
For more information on the 2009 European Father and Son Golf Championship, visit their website at www.fatherandsongolf.co.uk , phone +44 (0)1702 337020 or e-mail info@fatherandsongolf.co.uk .