SIR NICK FALDO TO PLAY IN SENIOR MASTERS IN JAPAN


Sir Nick Faldo has announced he will play in the Handa Cup Senior Masters at the Ohmurasaki Golf Club, Saitama, Japan from November 25 to 28.
The six-time Major winner will be one of the headline names appearing when the European Senior Tour visits Japan for the first time, at the Japanese PGA (JPGA) co-sanctioned event.

Faldo will be competing amongst a field of 30 leading Senior Tour players and 66 JPGA players for a prize fund of approximately €1million (120 million Yen).

Amongst these players will be ISPS (International Sports Promotion Society) Ambassador Ian Woosnam, the 2006 Ryder Cup-winning captain, who won the Handa Cup Senior Masters last year and will defend the title in November.

They will be joined by ISPS Ambassadors Sandy Lyle, a two-time Major winner, and Sam Torrance, the 2002 winning Ryder Cup Captain and reigning Senior Tour Order of Merit winner.

“I am delighted to announce I will be playing at the Handa Cup Senior Masters,” said Faldo. “I am really looking forward to playing alongside the top European Senior Tour and Japanese players. I’m grateful to the organisers for bringing this event together and to the tournament sponsors ISPS, and their chairman Dr Handa, for the support they are giving to golf in the region, particularly through their sponsorship of the Faldo Series Asia.”