South Africa to host new tournament in 2013
- By Rex Hoggard
- Feb 10, 2012 7:01 PM ET
Golf’s late-season schedule just became more crowded with news that the International Federation of PGA Tours will sanction a new event in South Africa starting in 2013.
The Tournament of Hope will be played Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 next season and feature a field “with eligibility similar to that of the four World Golf Championships.” However, the new tournament was not given WGC status.
Instead, the Tournament of Hope will be considered an official event on the European and presumably Sunshine tours and receive World Golf Ranking points. The tournament will attempt to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention.
Scheduling became an issue last year when the Presidents Cup, which ended on Nov. 20 in Australia, forced some South Africans, including Ernie Els, to miss the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Given the current schedule, the 2013 Tournament of Hope would be played the same week of Tiger Woods’ World Challenge event in Los Angeles, an unofficial tournament that also receives World Golf Ranking points.
-
Tags: European Tour
Further Reading
Hoggard, a senior writer, covers the PGA Tour and appears on-air in several capacities.
Latest News
GolfTalkCentral- SCORING: Crowne Plaza Invitational, Rd. 1
- Annika on Pressel's penalty: LPGA did right thing
- Na changes waggle | Chamblee: It’s a mistake
- Woods envisions winning on Tour into his 50s
- Dufner, Mahan trying to stay hot at Colonial
- McIlroy embraces No. 1 talk at BMW | Scores
- Clockwatchers: PGA Tour tracks pace of play
- Winsday Hot List: From Wentworth to Ft. Worth
- Smooth as butter: Pancake leads Bama at NCAAs
- Only Woods can measure his progress
- Couples, Funk headline Senior PGA | Scores
- Donald receives life membership on Euro Tour
