Gary Player - The Legend

Fancourt To Host BMW Golf Cup International

Mar 2, 2010 | Filed Under: General NewsGolf Course Design   

(George, South Africa) - Three months into 2010, the 2009 BMW Golf Cup International season reaches its conclusion with the World Final in South Africa from 1st to 6th March 2010. The top 99 players from the 34 countries that entered the largest international tournament series for amateurs will meet at the Gary Player Designed Fancourt golf resort in George, South Africa where they will determine the winners in two men’s classes, one ladies class, and the team competition.

These top notch amateurs qualified for the World Final thanks to their success at roughly 1000 tournaments around the world. This year once again saw huge numbers of entrants, with about 100,000 players from all corners of the globe playing in the tournament series.

We are very proud of the enthusiasm amateur golfers all over the world have shown for our tournament series,” says Magnus Wiese, head of BMW Golfsport Marketing. “It is thanks to their sporting commitment and team spirit that this international competition has such a unique atmosphere. We want to thank the world finalists by providing a special experience in South Africa.”

The World Final of the BMW Golf Cup International will once again live up to its outstanding reputation this year: a world-class golfer will honor the finalists as a special guest, and will also hold a golf clinic. And who better for this role in South Africa than one of the most legendary professional golfers in the world, and certainly one of the country’s greatest sportsmen: Gary Player.

“We are delighted that one of the greatest golfers of all time will visit the World Final in the form of Gary Player,” says Wiese. “This will round off a superb experience for all the participants.”

Gary Player is an eighteen-time Major winner, won the career Grand Slam on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour and amassed 164 career victories.  The “Black Knight” is also enjoying success as a golf course designer. Player has been involved in over 350 projects around the world, including the Fancourt Resort, for which he designed the three spectacular courses: The Links, Montagu and Outeniqua.

The World Final of the BMW Golf Cup International will be played in three handicap classes on the Montagu and Outeniqua courses: Men’s A (up to handicap 12.4), Men’s B (handicap 12.5 to 28.4) and ladies (up to handicap 28.4). There will also be a national competition.

The World Final of the 2008 BMW Golf Cup International took place in South America for the first time in the 23-year history of the series, in Argentina. Mexican Eduardo Izbaile (Men’s A), Alain Desmurger from France and Florence Luron (Mauritius, Ladies) were the individual winners. The defending champion in the national competition is Mexico, who finished ahead of Taiwan and Paraguay in Buenos Aires.

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