Hong Kong welcomed into WCGC family

Hong Kong, 31 Dec 2009

Hong Kong has been warmly welcomed to the World Corporate Golf Challenge by the global tournament’s Spanish owners.

The territory is hosting a leg of the hugely popular inter-companies event in March with the winning team earning an all-expenses-paid trip to the World Final in May.

Jose Guerra“The World Corporate Golf Challenge is delighted to welcome Hong Kong to the competition in 2010 and beyond,” said José Guerra (pictured), chairman of Madrid-based WCGC SL, the event’s parent company.

“Asia is undergoing a tremendous golf boom and naturally we are very happy to see teams from the region taking part in what has become the biggest and most popular inter-companies golf tournament in the world.

“We are very much looking forward to hosting the Hong Kong winners, along with all the other victorious national teams, at the World Final in South Africa in May.”

Twenty teams – comprising four players who each have a maximum handicap of 24 – will contest the WCGC Hong Kong on Friday, 5 March 2010 at the Discovery Bay Golf Club on Lantau Island.

The 2010 World Final – featuring teams from more than 20 countries and territories – will take place at the beautiful Fancourt and Oubaai Golf Clubs in South Africa’s spectacular Garden Route region from 3-8 May.

Each year the World Corporate Golf Challenge sees thousands of businessmen around the globe transfer their boardroom battles to the fairways.

Hong Kong-based sports PR and publishing specialists Two Up Front have secured a long-term licence to host the Hong Kong leg from WCGC SL.

They are co-organising the tournament with event management company Laxton Marketing Consultants, who have offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai.