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ISPS READY TO TEE OFF NEW DEAL
The Wales Open golf will help to promote sport round the world – thanks to a new sponsor who will help guarantee the quality of the event for the next three years.
ISPS (International Sports Promotion Society) is the new title sponsor for its fl agship European Tour golf event – the ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Chaired by Japanese businessman and philanthropist Dr Haruhisa Handa, ISPS supports the International Blind Golf Association (IBGA) and will be raising the profi le of blind and disabled golf through its association with the ISPS Handa Wales Open and other golf tournaments around the world.
The 2012 ISPS Handa Wales Open from May 31 - June 3 will be ISPS’s fi rst European Tour event following suc- cessful sponsorships of tournaments on the European Senior Tour, Ladies European Tour, Asian Tour, Japanese Golf Tour Organisation, PGA of Japan Seniors Tour, Australian PGA and Legends Tour.
ISPS Chairman Dr Handa said: “ISPS is delighted to become title sponsor
of our fi rst European Tour event. The Celtic Manor Resort is a fantastic venue and we are looking forward to working with them on hosting the ISPS Handa Wales Open over the historic Twenty Ten Course for the next three years.
“ISPS is committed to raising the pro- fi le of blind and disabled golf through- out the world, having established the International Blind Golf Association (IBGA) in 1998. We believe the ISPS Handa Wales Open offers a great platform from which to promote our mission for golf to become a Paralym- pic sport.”
Welcoming the sponsorship at The Celtic Manor Resort was Paul McGinley, who claimed one of his four European Tour victories at Celtic Manor and was a vice-captain of the victorious European 2010 Ryder Cup team at the venue.
McGinley said: “It is always a personal pleasure to return to Celtic Manor, the scene of some of my happiest memories in golf and I am very happy to be here to welcome ISPS as title sponsor of the ISPS Handa Wales Open. On behalf of European Tour players, we look forward to working with them and supporting them in raising the profi le of blind and disabled golf.”
With a prize fund of £1.8m and staged on the Twenty Ten Course which hosted such a memorable Ryder Cup in 2010, the ISPS Handa Wales Open has grown into one of the most established golf events in Europe.
Tickets for the ISPS Handa Wales Open are available at an early bird price of £21 adult daily and £47 adult season until 29th February 2012. For tickets and further information, visit
ispshandawalesopen.com
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Former Wales Open champion Paul McGinley gives a pointer to Midori Miyazaki, Executive Director International Affairs of ISPS, the new tournament sponsor.
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