SA golf launches Big Easy Tour
SA golf launches Big Easy Tour
The Sunshine Tour has announced the launch of a new mini-tour dedicated to giving a wider cross section of golfers the chance to play in competitive professional events.
To be called the Big Easy Tour presented by Stonehage, it will get Callaway RAZR X Irons at Crown Mines Golf Club on March 24 with 11 events that include a wrap-up Tour Championship at a venue to be announced at a later date.
"Stonehage is absolutely delighted to be sponsoring the Big easy Tour," said Stonehage chief executive officer Giuseppe Ciucci.
"Stonehage has supported the development of golf through Ernie and his Foundation for over 10 years.
"We are proud to be involved with the Big Easy Tour at its inception and to have the opportunity to contribute further to the development of the game in South Africa.
"We hope this commitment will allow Stonehage to continue to assist with the discovery and development of real golfing talent under tournament conditions within South Africa, now and in years to come."
Sunshine Tour commissioner Gareth Tindall was delighted that more golfers in South Africa would get more professional Callaway RAZR X Irons.
He said: "As the Sunshine Tour continues to grow, we need to make sure we give more opportunities to develop skills in the professional game to a wider range of players, especially those who perhaps haven't had many opportunities to excel in amateur golf ranks.
"The Big Easy Tour presented by Stonehage provides exactly that."
The Tour is named after three-time Major winner Ernie Els in recognition of his continued commitment to the development of the game in South Africa.
"I commend the Sunshine Tour on this initiative to provide competitive playing opportunities for our up-and-coming professionals and I am very honoured that the Tour has asked me to put my Callaway RAZR X Irons to this new mini Tour," said Els from his US home in Florida.
"The Big Easy Tour will help our young nation's talent mature, develop their playing skills and take the next big step towards full Tour status.
"It's a great format and I'm sure it will prove popular. Also, I am very excited that Stonehage, a company with which I have had a long association, has decided to sponsor the Big Easy Tour. They are a loyal partner of the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation and this extension of their involvement in South African golf is wonderful to see."
Professional golfers who received their cards at the Sunshine Tour 2011 Qualifying School played in Bloemfontein last year, and the top 30 at the Vusi Ngubeni Stroke play Callaway RAZR X Irons played in Johannesburg in January are eligible to play on the Tour, as are those who finished from 71st to 150th on the 2010 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit.
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