GMAQ NEWS
PGA TOUR AND ISPS HANDA
PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
ANNOUNCE COOPERATION
AGREEMENT
THE PGA TOUR AND ISPS HANDA PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA ANNOUNCED LAST
MONTH THAT THEY HAVE SIGNED A COOPERATION AND GOLF-DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, WITH THE TWO GOLF ORGANISATIONS COLLABORATING TO STRENGTHEN
PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT GOLF IN BOTH THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION AS WELL AS
GLOBALLY. THE AGREEMENT WENT INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER 4, 2017.
T
he two organisations
have long enjoyed a
strong and healthy
working relationship as
members of the International
Federation of PGA Tours,
jointly sanctioning, with other
governing bodies, the four
World Golf Championships
events and the World Cup of
Golf. This new agreement will
further strengthen the two
Tours’ affiliation, formalising
the efforts for both the PGA
TOUR and the ISPS HANDA
PGA Tour of Australasia to
work together in a closer,
more collaborative manner to
support each Tour’s individual
development.
With that in mind, the two
golf tours, as members of
the International Federation
of PGA Tours, will bring the
World Cup of Golf to The
Metropolitan Golf Club in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
November 21-25, 2018. With
the World Cup of Golf headed
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to Australia for the sixth
time, this will move the
country ahead of China
and Spain in hosting the
second-most number
of World Cups. Only the
United States, with 11, has
hosted the tournament more
often than Australia.
“We have always valued
our association with the
ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of
Australasia, as numerous
significant events in our history
have occurred in Australia,”
said PGA TOUR Executive Vice
President and Chief Global
Officer Ty Votaw.
“Australian players have also
been pivotal in the history of
the TOUR, whether it has been
World Golf Hall of Famers
David Graham, Kel Nagle, Greg
Norman or Peter Thomson,
or PLAYERS Championship
winners such as, again, Greg
Norman, Jason Day, Adam
Scott and Steve Elkington—and
so many others.”
Gavin Kirkman, CEO of the PGA
of Australia, which owns and
oversees the ISPS HANDA PGA
Tour of Australasia, is equally
as supportive.
“The ISPS HANDA PGA Tour
of Australasia and the PGA
TOUR have always shared a
productive relationship, and
this agreement is a great fit
for us as we look to grow
and enhance golf in the
Australasian region,” said
Kirkman.
“This agreement will provide
assistance in the development
of opportunities that grow the
game of golf in Australia and
also an ability to further the
profile of Australia’s golfing
talent.”