Fiji Sun

Players Signing On For The Fiji Internatio­nal

- OLIVIA McMILLAN Adam Blyth Anthony Houston Aron Price Feedback: leonec@fijisun.com.fj

The ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasi­a has officially opened entries for the Fiji Internatio­nal with players rushing to secure their spot in the tournament.

The tournament will be played at the Natadola Bay Championsh­ip Golf Course from 17-20 August, Tour Profession­als are eager to compete in the tournament with plenty of opportunit­ies on offer. The Fiji Internatio­nal champion will earn full status on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasi­a, European Tour and Asian Tour; giving them access to some of the other world’s biggest tournament­s. This makes the Fiji Internatio­nal an attractive tournament for players from all over the world to compete in. again at the New South Wales Open. Thanks to these two victories Adam was recognised as the 2016 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasi­a Player of the Year. Adam has played in all three stagings of the Fiji Internatio­nal and with two top10 finishes already this year will he will be looking to beat his previous best performanc­e of tied 18th on the Natadola Bay layout. From Victoria, Anthony Houston turned Profession­al in 2013 and got off to a solid start in his career making three top-10 finishes in 2014.

For the inaugural staging of the Fiji Internatio­nal, Anthony was the first alternate and missed out on competing. However in 2015 he made his Fiji Internatio­nal debut finishing tied 18th.

Anthony will return to Fiji this year with positive memories after he broke through at the 2016 Fiji Internatio­nal, finishing third and spending the final two rounds playing alongside eventual champion and PGA TOUR winner Brandt Snedeker.

The tournament will be played at the Natadola Bay Championsh­ip Golf Course from 17-20 August.

From New South Wales, but residing in the United States, Aron Price is a highly experience­d player who has competed on both the PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour in America. On his home Tour, Price has been a highly consistent player over the past few years starting with his runner-up finish at the 2015 Fiji Internatio­nal.

Since then he has recorded a further 10 top-25 results including another runner-up finish at the Victorian PGA Championsh­ip earlier this year.

A strong field is anticipate­d to tee it up in the Fiji Internatio­nal this year thanks to the new tri-sanctionin­g relationsh­ip between the European Tour, Asian Tour and ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasi­a. We look forward to announcing more players, including the internatio­nal stars, for the 2017 tournament in the coming weeks.

 ?? Photo: Fiji Internatio­nal ?? Adam Blyth.
Photo: Fiji Internatio­nal Adam Blyth.

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