{"id":7870,"date":"2012-02-11T01:56:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T23:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2012-02-11T01:56:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T23:56:38","slug":"golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-South Africa to host Tournament of Hope in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Feb 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The inaugural Tournament of Hope,<br \/>\nwidely proclaimed as the richest single event in golf, will be<br \/>\nheld in South Africa late next year, the International<br \/>\nFederation of PGA Tours said on Friday.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To be played from Nov. 28-Dec. 1, the $8.5 million<br \/>\ntournament will become the sixth elite World Golf Championships<br \/>\n(WGC) event and will help raise awareness of HIV\/AIDS prevention<br \/>\nand treatment.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition to the Tournament of Hope, the promoters will<br \/>\norganise other awareness functions in South Africa and around<br \/>\nthe world during the week of the tournament,&#8221; the International<br \/>\nFederation of PGA Tours said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2013 edition will end on World AIDS Day and the<br \/>\ntournament will be staged on similar dates in future years.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three of the WGC events are held in the United States, the<br \/>\nAccenture Match Play Championship, the Cadillac Championship and<br \/>\nthe Bridgestone Invitational, while the HSBC Champions and World<br \/>\nCup team competition are both staged in China.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The five individual WGC events bring together the best<br \/>\nplayers in the world, based on the official rankings, and are<br \/>\nwidely regarded as one rung down from the majors.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Tournament of Hope was first announced by Sunshine Tour<br \/>\ncommissioner Gareth Tindall in April last year when he described<br \/>\nit as offering &#8220;the biggest prize money in professional golf&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>No date was mentioned at the time, though Tindall hoped the<br \/>\ninaugural event could be held at the end of 2012.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by<br \/>\nJulian Linden)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The inaugural Tournament of Hope, widely proclaimed as the richest single event in golf, will be held in South Africa late next year, the International Federation of PGA Tours said on Friday. 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