SOUTH AFRICAN TOURNAMENT OF HOPE PUT ON BACKBURNER

A new tournament in South Africa, which would have claimed to have the biggest - or one of the biggest - prizefunds outside the United States has been put on the backburner.
The "Tournament of Hope," which was to have prize money of $8.5 million, won't take place in November as planned and has been "put on hold for the foreseeable future" after failing to secure sponsorship.
South Africa's Sunshine Tour says that it has been "unable to fulfill the expectations of potential sponsors for various reasons beyond its control" and the weakening of the South African currency "added more pressure to the budget."
Sunshine Tour executive director Selwyn Nathan said:  "It is deeply regrettable that we have had to take this decision."
The "Tournament of Hope" was sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours, though it did not receive World Golf Championships status. It was to be the centrepiece of a proposed worldwide AIDS awareness effort.