Already seven stars from the current top 20 in the world rankings have registered for the golfing highlight
Hamburg/Alveslohe, April 25th 2006: The highest purse ever having been offered at a sport-ing event on German soil – a total amount of euro 3.6 million – lures the world’s golfing elite to Hamburg this year. From July 27 to 30, seven top players from the current top 20 in the world rankings are expected to appear at the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe. Retief Goosen, Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Colin Montgomerie, David Howell and Darren Clarke have already given their firm commit-ment to the organiser and promoter. The runner up in this years US Masters tournament, Tim Clark (Official World Golf Ranking: 14), would like to take part in the title race 2006 at Gut Kaden for the first time. Furthermore former tournament winners Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Bernhard Langer as well as current US Open champion Michael Campbell are expected at the championship course of the Gut Kaden Golf und Land Club. The first-rate competitors’ field is completed by last year’s three first-placed golfers: title defendant Niclas Fasth, Angel Cabrera from Argentina – who only had to admit defeat in the play-offs – and spectators’ darling John Daly.
When asked to comment on the tournament week in the summer Hanns-Michael Hölz, Man-aging Director Corporate Sport Sponsoring of Deutsche Bank AG, excitedly said: "Once more has the excellent position of the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe on the in-ternational tournament calendar been confirmed by the firm commitments of the world-class professionals. I am looking forward to exciting tournament days offering top sports and I already wish all spectators on site and the many golfing fans in front of their TV screens all over the world an eventful time watching The Best of Golf".
Of course, other German golf professionals will try to have a say in the fight for the record prize money and the winner’s cheque for euro 600,000. Marcel Siem has already signed up and other German top golfers can still qualify to play in the tournament based on the Order of Merit ranking of the PGA of Germany. All in all at least ten national competitors will appear at Gut Kaden.
Already on Tuesday, 25th July 2006 at 4.30 p.m., golfing fans will have the opportunity to watch the best players of the tournament from very close by during the AUDI Shoot-Out before, on Wednesday, 26th July 2006, more than 40 professionals will start their rounds within the framework of the Pro-Am tournament. Admission is free on both days for all visitors!
Besides the top stars of the 156-men strong competitors’ field guaranteeing four days of top sports the organisers and promoters are especially pleased to be able to once again present all visitors to the tournament a very attractive supporting programme. Exhibition, sales and catering areas covering more than 20,000 sqm2, numerous grandstands, all-day childcare (incl. entertainment programme) as well as generously designed honorary guest areas offer a very varied tournament environment for every guest. Over 40 exhibitors tempt visitors with special tournament offers, various beer gardens located all over the tournament area invite their guests to stay.
If you want to buy your entrance ticket for one of the tournament days well in advance – when the golfing stars last played at Gut Kaden the final days were partially sold out – you can conveniently order your ticket on the nationwide ticket hotline: 01 80 – 50 100 20 (12 cent per minute from the German terrestrial network; on the mobile phone and from abroad on: +49 – (0) 40 – 30 05 13 63), at more than 5,000 travel agencies and advance booking offices all over the federal territory or at www.deutschebank-players-championship.de. To make sure that each and every fan can watch his or her stars "from close up", entrance tick-ets are limited to 20,000 tickets per day. However last-minute visitors will also have their chance to be there – at least 5,000 tickets will be available at the box offices daily.
With more than 500 hours of TV coverage the tournament will be broadcasted worldwide. If you want more detailed information, you can go online and call up the latest information, preliminary reports and, later on, current tournament events. Or visit the internet at www.deutschebank-players-championship.de to read the latest news around the event.
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