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GOLF: ASIAN TOUR: CHAMPIONS TEAM UP FOR WORLD CUP

/noticias.info/ November 14: Players from 28 countries who have combined for 21 wins around the world over the course of the past season will tee it up at the 2006 World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup on Dec. 7-10 at Sandy Lane Resort’s Country Club Course in St. James, Barbados.

Defending champions Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd of Wales have combined for nine career European Tour victories with five and four wins, respectively. Dredge’s latest victory was at this year’s Omega European Masters where he blew away the field for an 8-stroke-victory. Dodd was also victorious this year on the European Tour at the Smurfit Kappa European Open for one of Ireland’s most prestigious titles at The K Club.

The two won this event last year at Victoria Clube de Golfe in the Algarve region of Portugal. Their victory was the first by Wales in the competition since 1987.

Stephen Ames of Trinidad & Tobago broke through in 2006 with the biggest victory of his career at THE PLAYERS Championship. Ames will be playing in this year’s Barbados World Cup with his brother, Robert, who served as Stephen’s caddie during THE PLAYERS.

England’s Luke Donald (No. 10) and David Howell (No. 12) enter the tournament as the highest ranked team from the Official World Golf Rankings. Donald has a pair of victories on both the PGA TOUR and the European Tour, his most recent being the 2006 Honda Classic. Donald was also on the England team that won this event in 2004. Howell won this year’s BMW Championship for his fourth victory on the European Tour.

Swedish team members Henrik Stenson and Carl Pettersson each enjoyed success in 2006 as well. Stenson won the BMW International Open and the The Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Pettersson on for the second time on the PGA TOUR with his victory at this year’s Memorial Tournament.

Japan’s Hideto Tanihara won twice on the Japan Golf Tour with wins at the JCB Classic Sendai and the Sun Chlorella Classic.

Francesco Molinari Ireland’s Padraig Harrington won the Dunhill Links Championship this season for his 10th career win on the European Tour. Harrington also won twice in 2005 on the PGA TOUR. United States team member J.J. Henry won the Buick Championship earlier this year for his first PGA TOUR victory, while South African Rory Sabbatini won the 2006 Nissan Open for his third PGA TOUR win of his career.

Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn (Nissan Irish Open), Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez (BMW Asian Open), Korea’s S.K. Ho (Gate Way To The Open Mizuno Open) and Charlie Wi (Maybank Malaysian Open), Australia’s John Senden (John Deere Classic), Tetsuji Hiratsuka of Japan (Woodone Open Hiroshima), French team member Jean Van De Velve (Madeira Island Open) and Italy’s Francesco Molinari (Telecom Italia Open).

The Barbados World Cup field features a number of players who have represented their countries in recent international team competitions. The host nation of Barbados will be represented by Roger Beale Jr. and James Johnson. This will mark Barbados’ first appearance in the event since it became a part of the World Golf Championships series in 2000.

ABOUT THE WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-BARBADOS WORLD CUP
This year marks the 52nd playing of the World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup, and its seventh as part of the World Golf Championships series. The Barbados World Cup is one of four World Golf Championships, which are sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours, which includes the Asian Tour, European Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA TOUR, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour. The three other World Golf Championships are the Accenture Match Play Championship, American Express Championship and Bridgestone Invitational. For more information, please visit www.worldgolfchampionships.com.

ABOUT BARBADOS
Barbados is one of the most desirable holiday destinations in the world, which attracts the rich and famous from sport, entertainment and business.

Drawn by the luxurious hotels and villas, Barbados is home-from-home for many who love the beauty of the island, the friendliness of the Barbadian people, the multitude of activities and the great entertainment.

As a nation renowned for its love of sport, golf is played with a passion. The island’s four 18-hole courses are designer gems – two at Sandy Lane by Tom Fazio, one at Royal Westmoreland by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and the fourth at Barbados Golf Club by Ron Kirby. With two additional nine-hole courses to play on and a further two 18-hole courses under development, Barbados is a golfer’s paradise.

Barbados also has gastronomic appeal to food-lovers. As the first and only Caribbean destination to be Zagat surveyed, this famous restaurant guide shows the quality, diversity and range of dining on the island.

With world-class accommodation, world-class food, world-class events and world-class service it’s easy to understand why people return to Barbados time and time again. There’s a saying that ‘it doesn’t get better than Barbados’ and for the many visitors to the island each year, it really doesn’t. notas_de_prensa_archivo