{"id":7892,"date":"2012-02-12T01:58:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/corrected-golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2012-02-12T01:58:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:58:33","slug":"corrected-golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/corrected-golf-south-africa-to-host-tournament-of-hope-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"CORRECTED-Golf-South Africa to host Tournament of Hope in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Makes clear in second and third paras elite tournament is not<br \/>\nWGC event)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><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><\/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 event to be sanctioned by<br \/>\nthe world&#8217;s leading tours and will help raise awareness of<br \/>\nHIV\/AIDS prevention and treatment.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like the four individual World Golf Championships (WGC)<br \/>\nevents which are widely regarded as one rung down from the<br \/>\nmajors, it will bring together the best players in the world<br \/>\nbased mainly on the official rankings.<\/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 individual WGC events are held in the United<br \/>\nStates, the Accenture Match Play Championship, the Cadillac<br \/>\nChampionship and the Bridgestone Invitational, while the HSBC<br \/>\nChampions is staged in China.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Tournament of Hope was first announced by Sunshine Tour<br \/>\ncommissioner Gareth Tindall last April when he described it as<br \/>\noffering &#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.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Tournament of Hope will join the four individual WGC<br \/>\nevents and the World Cup team competition, which is staged in<br \/>\nChina, under the umbrella of the International Federation of PGA<br \/>\nTours.\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>(Makes clear in second and third paras elite tournament is not WGC event) 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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