 Phuket’s
Blue Canyon Country Club is to be the venue for a new million US dollar
golf tournament that will bring together over 200 golfers from the Asian,
Japan and Australasian tours from 8 to 11 March 2007.
The Motorola Blue Canyon International is the first of its size and type
in the region and received official sanctioning from all three tour
organisations at a meeting in Singapore this week.
At the press conference announcing the new tournament, Wayne Grady,
chairman of the Australasian Tour, told reporters: "The tri-sanctioned
status of this tournament heralds a new era for the Australasian tour along
with our partner tours in Asia and Japan and we look forward to working with
all parties involved with the event to make it an enormous success."
Mr Grady’s opposite number at the Asian Tour, Louis Martin, said: "We are
truly excited with this landmark development, which has been the result of
close cooperation between the three international tours. It promises to be a
festival of golf and through the support of Motorola and Blue Canyon, we are
now able to realise our dream.”
Kosaku Shimada of the Japan Golf Tour Organisation was equally
enthusiastic about the new tournament. "This new and exciting tournament has
all the ingredients for success,” he told reporters. “We have every
confidence that it will become a prestigious tournament that every player
from the three major tours will want to win."
Blue Canyon Country Club's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sia Leng
Yuen said the club was honoured to be a part of this historic event. "The
management and staff of Blue Canyon pledge their full support to this
groundbreaking endeavour. This new event is a giant step towards the
long-term interest of the professional game in Asia. The timing cannot be
any better,” he said. “Blue Canyon is committed to being the long term home
of this prestigious event. We look forward to hosting the playing members of
all three Tours at Blue Canyon in March 2007 and to welcoming them back year
after year.”
Recommended Hotel for Blue Canyon Country Club:
 JW
Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa
Phuket's newest resort is a sanctuary for the
senses. Enjoy seclusion and tranquillity in this vast tropically landscaped
paradise that overlooks the Andaman Sea. JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa
is an oasis, commanding 600 meters of Phuket's untouched, unspoiled Mai Khao
Beach. The low, sweeping design of the resort with its rock walls, broad
reflection ponds, water features and ornate roofing has an imperial
presence. It's like a mythic palace of relaxation. The resort is set amongst
11 hectares of lush tropical landscaped gardens, complete with lily ponds
and areas of natural preserved coastal wetlands, blending perfectly with
it's local environment; adjacent to the Sirinath Marine National Park and
sea turtle nesting area. JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa enjoys close
proximity to the airport and is just minutes from the
Blue Canyon Country
Club
which was recently named by Asia Golf Monthly Magazine as the "Best Golf
Course in Asia. |
