Nedbank Golf Challenge bigger and better
Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood has confirmed his participation in the NGC.
The Nedbank Golf Challenge, hosted by Gary Player, will play a major role in the European Tour’s race to Dubai. The NGC will take place from November 9 to 12 at Sun City.
The Nedbank Golf Challenge is one of the highlights of the South African sporting calendar. In its 36-year history, the event has featured the biggest names in world golf. Now its 72 players will play over four days for a purse of $7.5-million. (R101 835 621-million).
The NGC is part and parcel of the Rolex Series on the European Tour and the penultimate event on the Race to Dubai.
Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood has confirmed his participation in the NGC and will arrive in South Africa at a crucial point in his bid to be named ‘European Number One’.
The Englishman will ‘tee it up’ in the penultimate event of the season as he aims to round off an outstanding season in style by topping the Race to Dubai rankings.
The 26-year-old has been in red-hot form throughout the year and could make history at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City by becoming the first multiple winner on the Rolex Series – the European Tour’s premium category of eight tournaments on the Race to Dubai, all with a minimum prize fund of US$7-million. (R95 046 579-million).
Fleetwood started the season by clinching his second European Tour title at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, followed by runner-up finishes at the WGC-Mexico Championship and Shenzhen International, before he took the title at the HNA Open de France – the second Rolex Series event of the season. He has already entered the history books once this year, carding a course record 63 on the formidable Carnoustie during the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
He said: “The Nedbank Golf Challenge is a big event and we all know what’s at stake at this stage of the season. I’ve said before that I would love to win the Race to Dubai and a good result in South Africa could be very important heading into the last event.”
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