ISPS HANDA to sponsor World Cup of Golf

Japan based International Sports Promotion Society; ISPS HANDA will be the new title sponsor of World Cup of Golf to be played at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club from November 21-24.

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September 11, 2013. Japan based International Sports Promotion Society; ISPS HANDA will be the new title sponsor of World Cup of Golf to be played at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club from November 21-24. The International Federation of PGA Tours announced this at Melbourne today.

 

The ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf will display Victoria to approximately 800 million homes in more than 200 countries and territories as the best players in the world from more than 30 countries will come to Royal Melbourne to represent their countries.

 

[highlight]The 2013 World Cup will be the 57th staging of this event, which has seen all of the greats of the game lift the prestigious trophy [/highlight]

“ISPS is delighted to become title sponsor of this exciting major global event,” said ISPS’ Founder and Chairman Dr. Haruhisa Handa. “At ISPS we believe in the ‘Power of Sport’, its unique ability to create hope; to breakdown educational and cultural barriers; and to inspire people in a way that very little else does,” he added.

 

The organizers expect the World Cup event to create over $25 million economic benefit to Victoria and would attract up to 9,000 interstate and international visitors.

 

The tournament was founded by the International Golf Association in association with industrialist John Jay Hopkins for the purpose of promoting international goodwill through golf. It began in 1953 as the Canada Cup and was renamed World Cup in 1967.

 

The 2013 World Cup will be the 57th staging of this event, which has seen all of the greats of the game lift the prestigious trophy. The roll of honour from the World Cup reads like a who’s who of golf. Great names such as Snead, Hogan, Nicklaus, Palmer, Trevino, Faldo, Ballesteros, Langer, Woods, Els and Montgomerie have all been able to call themselves World Champions.

 

Tickets to witness the event are on sale now from www.ticketmaster.com.au.

 

 

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