{"id":15784,"date":"2012-10-22T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/update-1-golf-bulgaria-first-as-country-to-host-world-match-play\/"},"modified":"2012-10-22T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:20:41","slug":"update-1-golf-bulgaria-first-as-country-to-host-world-match-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-golf-bulgaria-first-as-country-to-host-world-match-play\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Golf-Bulgaria first as country to host World Match Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* World Match Play going to Black Sea resort<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Course dubbed &#8216;Pebble Beach of Europe&#8217;   (Adds last three paras)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Tony Jimenez<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oct 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Organisers said in a statement on Monday that the move from Andalucia in Spain, where the tournament has been staged for the last three years, to Bulgaria was part of a plan to rotate the venue of the championship that has been in operation since 1964.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a real coup to be chosen to host such a prestigious international tournament with a rich heritage and sporting tradition,&#8221; Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vast media coverage will deliver a reputable boost for Bulgaria and our tourism industry. The recent growth of golf in our country will have the opportunity to be showcased around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the biggest names in the sport have won the World Match Play &#8211; Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Greg Norman, the late Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and South African Ernie Els who has lifted the trophy a record seven times.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Player designed Thracian Cliffs and the course has been described as the &#8216;Pebble Beach of Europe&#8217;, a reference to the spectacular championship links in California.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* World Match Play going to Black Sea resort * Course dubbed &#8216;Pebble Beach of Europe&#8217; (Adds last three paras) By Tony Jimenez Oct 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Bulgaria will host a European Tour event for the first time when the 2013 World Match Play Championship is staged at the Black Sea resort of Thracian Cliffs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-15784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}