{"id":13979,"date":"2012-08-28T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/golf-south-africa-launches-two-new-european-tour-events\/"},"modified":"2012-08-28T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T13:21:15","slug":"golf-south-africa-launches-two-new-european-tour-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-south-africa-launches-two-new-european-tour-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-South Africa launches two new European Tour events"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Aug 28 (Reuters) – South Africa will host the
\nmost events on the 2013 European Tour after the Sunshine Tour
\nannounced two new co-sanctioned tournaments on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The Nelson Mandela Championship, to be staged in association
\nwith the former South African president’s Nelson Mandela
\nChildren’s Fund, will be held from Dec. 6-9 and the Tshwane Open
\nwill take place from Feb. 28 to March 3.<\/p>\n

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The two new events bring to six the number of tournaments to
\nbe played in South Africa in next year’s Race to Dubai.<\/p>\n

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The Tshwane Open at the Els Club Copperleaf will have
\nprizemoney of 1.5 million euro ($1.9 million), meaning the
\nwinner will gain a two-year exemption on the European Tour.<\/p>\n

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The purse for the Nelson Mandela Championship has yet to be
\nfinalised but Sunshine Tour executive director Selwyn Nathan
\nsaid it would be “a minimum of one million euro”.<\/p>\n

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“I’m particularly excited that we have another two European
\nTour co-sanctioned events as it shows the confidence one of the
\ntwo major tours in the world has in us,” Nathan said.<\/p>\n

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The venue for the Nelson Mandela Championship has yet to be
\nfinalised but Nathan said it would be held at one of two coastal
\ncourses – the Royal Durban Golf Club or Humewood in Port
\nElizabeth in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n

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The Tshwane municipality’s executive mayor, Kgosientso
\nRamokgopa, said his council were guaranteeing 44 million rand
\n($5.24 million) per annum for their tournament until the
\nSunshine Tour could find sufficient sponsors.<\/p>\n

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The Sunshine Tour also announced that the prizemoney for the
\nAlfred Dunhill Championship, to be played at Leopard Creek from
\nDec. 13-16, has been increased to 1.5 million euro.
\n($1 = 0.7990 euros)
\n($1 = 8.3920 South African rand)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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