Game On
The stage is set, the time for talking is over as the 48 men and women who have battled their way through local, regional and national qualifiers head for Spain and the experience of a lifetime, the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final in Spain.
Almost 50,000 golfers from 15 different countries set out on the long and demanding path that makes the professional’s qualification for the Volvo World Match Play Championship look like a stroll in the park.
Local qualifiers, regional championships and national finals, around 200,000 rounds of golf have been played, almost 20 million shots struck and now the two days of reckoning are here.
Golfers, including a record eight ladies land in Spain for the sporting experience of a lifetime, on and off the golf course.
Based at the splendid Westin la Quinta, where the opening round of the world final will be held, this year’s finalists will enjoy VIP treatment at the inaugural Volvo World Match Play Championship and catch-up with the two Ryder Cup captains, Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin.
Then the hard work begins; following Monday’s opening round at La Quinta, the stars of the amateur game head to Finca Cortesín for Tuesday’s second, final and deciding round of golf, following in the footsteps of the stars with the 6,800m, Par-72 golf course in identical condition to when the Volvo World Match Play Championship was won and lost just hours earlier.
“Our amateur golfers are the backbone of the game of golf, and I congratulate not only those who have qualified for the World Final,” but also all those who did not quite make it,” says Sofie Van Reusel, the Volvo Masters Amateur project manager, adding, “On and off the golf course, our aim is to give our amateurs a once-in-a-lifetime experience, with one of them being crowned champion of the world.”
The first round of the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final takes place at La Quinta on Monday 2nd November 2009 with the second and final round played over Finca Cortesín, complete with the Volvo World Match Play Championship tees and pin positions on Tuesday 3rd November 2009.
Korean Dentist Extracts Volvo Masters Amateur World Title
Korean club golfer Choul Hee-lee is sitting on top of the world tonight after being crowned Volvo Masters Amateur champion of the world after surviving a torrid day at Finca Cortesín, venue for Ross Fisher’s Volvo World Match Play Championship victory on Sunday.
Born in the USA
Golf is the biggest participation sport in the USA, Volvo widely involved in amateur golf as the optimal business-to-business and relationship building vehicle.
That is why Martha Britt from Volvo Trucks North America has been on a fact-finding visit to the Volvo World Match Play Championship and Volvo Masters Amateur Final, with a view to Volvo USA adding to the commonwealth of nations taking part in the world’s most prestigious amateur golf series.
Following in the Footsteps of the Stars
At precisely 09.30am on Tuesday 3rd November, 44 hours after Volvo World Match Play Championship finalists Ross Fisher and Anthony Kim teed off on the first tee at Finca Cortesín for the afternoon round of their epic duel, Spaniard José Manuel Sãnes Mir and Bengt Andersson from Sweden were standing on the self same tee, in equally idyllic Andalcucían weather for their final round of the Volvo Masters Amateur.
A Hard Day at the Office
With the exception of one many, Lee Choul-hee from Korea, the players at the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur found points at a premium at La Quinta.
Calling the Shots
For Volvo Masters Amateur Tournament Director Derwynne Honan, calling the shots in an identical way to his counterpart at the Volvo World Match Play Championship is par for the course.
A Passion for Fashion
One of the most remarkable aspects of the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur World Final is how well turned out and well equipped the players are as golf enters a new era and develops a passion for fashion.
Fisher Lands the Volvo World Match Play Championship
England’s Ross Fisher has been angling for a big prize all season, coming close at the ‘majors’ but he finally landed one of the biggest titles in world golf, the Volvo World Match Play Championship with a 4&3 victory over American Anthony Kim.
Vital Statistics
The vital statistics of the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur make remarkable reading; more than 50,000 amateurs set-out on the road to Spain, playing over 50,000 rounds of golf, striking almost 20 million golf shots and walking a staggering 2 billion kilometres around the golf courses of the world along the way.
The stage is set, the time for talking is over as the 48 men and women who have battled their way through local, regional and national qualifiers head for Spain and the experience of a lifetime, the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final in Spain.