Razor Golf will host a qualifier for the World Golfers Championship with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start Friday, July 30 at the Cypress Run Golf Club in Tarpon Springs, FL.
“Cypress Run is hosting a U.S. Amateur qualifying three days earlier,” said Mike Vandiver, executive vice president of Razor Golf. “So I would expect that the golf course will be in the best condition possible.”
The field will be limited to the first 60 entries. Entry fee will be $125. Call Vandiver at 727 849-8844 if interested in participating.
The winner of each of the five handicap categories-0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 and 21-25-will advance to the U.S. finals, scheduled Sept. 9-12 on the The Red and The Gold Courses at The Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Litchfield, AZ.
The Red meanders alongside streams and ponds between pines, cypress and eucalyptus trees, playing 6,852 yards with a course rating of 72.4 and slope of 126 from the blues, 6,291 yards with 69.4 and 118 numbers from the whites and 5,806 yards with 71.6 and 118 numbers from the reds.
The Gold was Jones’ West Coast version of the Firestone South Course and can be stretched to 7,430 yards with a course rating of 74.5 and 135. “Don’t worry, we aren’t playing back there,” said Anders Bengtson, President of World Golfers USA. It plays 6,830 yards with 72.3 and 130 numbers from the Championship tees, 6,348 yards with 70.0 and 125 numbers from the members tees and 5,885 yards with 72.3 and 119 numbers for women.
Then the five flight winners in this 36-hole competition earn expense-paid trips to Hua-Hin, Thailand to represent the U.S. in the 16th annual World Golfers Championship, scheduled Oct. 30-Nov. 6. More than 35 countries are expected to send teams this year.
“I qualified for the world event in Spain last year and I will say it was the most impressive time I have had in golf,” Vandiver added.
Other country clubs and golf associations who wish to conduct qualifying events to participate in the tournament that gives amateur golfers of all ability levels chances to represent their country in a world-wide competition should go to www.worldgolfersusa.com and click on”Host an Event” or call 561 313-9083 for more details.
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