A
DVANCE
discounted
tickets for the first
Volvo World Match
Play Championship
to be played in the
UK since 2007,
over the acclaimed
International Course
at London Golf Club
in Kent, are now on
public sale.
The return of the event
to UK soil in its 50th
anniversary year looks
certain to create an
exciting atmosphere as
a high quality 16-man
field including defending
champion Graeme
McDowell and world
number two Henrik
Stenson, tackle the headto-head format which
captured the public’s
imagination when Arnold
Palmer won the inaugural
title at Wentworth Club in
1964.
This year’s event, run in
conjunction with Volvo,
IMG and The European
Tour, will be played from
October 15-19 with a prize
fund of €2.25 million and a
first prize of €650,000, and
anyone making their ticket
purchases before midnight
on September 22 will be
able to take advantage of
substantial savings on gate
prices.
Any One Day adult tickets
for the event, which was
won in 2013 by former
US Open champion
McDowell, cost £22 for
weekdays (£30 on the gate)
with £17 for the weekends
(£25 on the gate). Daily
Concessions are priced at
£17 on weekdays (£25 on
gate) and £20 weekends
(£12).
Adult season tickets for
all five days of the action
plus the pre-event ProAm, are priced at £70
(£55 concession) before
September 22 and £90 on
the gate (£70 concession).
The elite field will qualify
via revised criteria and will
be split into four groups
of four in the group stages
before the leading two
players per group proceed
to the knock out phase
to be played over the
weekend. The tournament
will now be played over
five days starting on
Wednesday.
Hospitality packages in
the bespoke deluxe Match
Play Club overlooking the
18th green are also now on
sale with packages starting
from £250. Hospitality can
bebooked by contacting
Lauren Fyfe at lauren.
[email protected]
Tickets are available NOW on
www.europeantour.com/tickets
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