Classic cash boost for Sunshine Ladies Tour
CANON South Africa has a long-standing reputation for supporting South African golf and is now proudly associated with the Sunshine Ladies Tour as a sponsor for 2017.
The company, which recently announced its title sponsorship of the Canon South African Disabled Golf Open, will sponsor cash and camera prizes at the Sunshine Ladies Tour Classic, to be contested at Glendower Golf Club from Tuesday to Friday next week.
The Sunshine Ladies Tour launched in 2014 to ensure the future of playing professionals in South Africa and the continued growth of golf in the region.
In four years, the Sunshine Ladies Tour has grown from seven to 10 events that count towards the season-finale Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies with record prize-money of more than R4-million.
The Sunshine Ladies Tour Classic, sponsored by Canon, is the seventh event this year.
“The Sunshine Ladies Tour has shown tremendous growth since its inception in 2014 and has become the most illustrious ladies’ professional circuit in Africa,” said the comp corporate and marketing communications executive, Dana Eitzen.
“Not only does the tour attract the country’s top golfers, but each year it has drawn more international players thanks to the great weather, tremendous support from the public, key stakeholders and sponsors, and an increasing prize pool.”
The tournament will carry a purse of R200 000, with a first prize of R28 000 and 250 points for the Chase to the Investec Cup for ladies points rankings on offer for the champion.
Sunshine Tour chief executive Selwyn Nathan said: “It is through the support and sponsorships of our loyal partners and sponsors that we have been able to stage the Sunshine Ladies Tour so successfully since 2014.
“We are excited that Canon is extending its support of golf in South Africa to the women’s professional circuit and proud to welcome Canon to the stable of sponsors that enable us to continue to offer our members great opportunities to compete on a credible platform for significant prizes.”
The 2017 season culminates in Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies final from March 10 to 12, where the leading 10 professionals in the points rankings will compete for the staggering R1million bonus pool and the winner-takes-all first prize in the season-finale.