Resumption of domestic professional golf events: Hangzhou International Golf Championship kicks off
2022-07-06 11:55:21
Source: China News Network
Reporter Wang Yifei
The pre-match press conference.Photo courtesy of China Golf Association
On the 5th, the opening ceremony of the 3rd Hangzhou International Golf Championship was held in Deqing, Zhejiang.
Founded in 2019, the Hangzhou International Golf Championship is jointly organized by the China Golf Association and the Hangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau. It is jointly certified by the China Men’s Professional Golf Tournament and the China Women’s Professional Golf Tournament. The novel competition system of equal pay for equal work has attracted the participation and attention of top domestic players. The event uses a 4-round 72-hole stroke play format.
As the first event of the men’s and women’s China Tour, this event welcomed a total of 78 players (39 men and 39 women), including the 2019 event champion Chao Haimeng and the men’s China Tour champion Liu Yanwei; women’s Players such as China Tour champion Pan Yanhong and Zhao Zhimeng will jointly attack the championship title.
At the press conference before the game, Li Jinliang, director of the Competition Department of the China Golf Association, said, “As the result of the China Golf Association’s keen reform and bold innovation, the continuation of the Hangzhou International Golf Championship is of great significance. Especially as the 2022 China Professional Golf It also fired the starting gun for the orderly and smooth promotion of subsequent professional events.”
Label:professional golf; competition system; championship; Hangzhou; player
edit: Wei Wenjing
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