LADIES EUROPEAN MASTERS AT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE JULY 26-28

NEWS RELEASE BY LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

The Ladies European Tour is thrilled to announce that the ISPS HANDA Ladies European Masters will be played at the LET’s headquarters at Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Denham, England, on 26-28 July, 2013. 

“This is fantastic news for the LET and international sports fans,” said LET CEO Ivan Peter Khodabakhsh. “We are excited to be able to invite the public to come and celebrate the sporting summer at our home at Buckinghamshire Golf Club and encourage anyone who enjoys the excitement of world class golf to come and enjoy a fun day out.”

The 54-hole stroke play tournament has been secured for a minimum of two years and will feature a full field of 126 competitors vying for a €300,000 prize fund. 

It will be the penultimate event to count towards qualification for The 2013 European Solheim Cup Team, to be announced the following week, on 4^th August at St Andrews. 

The tournament will feature a strong line up of past and future Solheim Cup competitors as well as young and upcoming international talent. Some of the UK’s top stars will be teeing off, such as four-time major champion Laura Davies and rising star Carly Booth.

Davies, who lives nearby in Surrey, said: “I am thrilled to be playing in this tournament and delighted to continue my support for ISPS as an ambassador, continuing their mission for golf to become a Paralympic sport. 

"This tournament is extremely important to me, being played so close to home and on a beautiful golf course. It is also being staged at a key time in the schedule: just before the Ricoh Women’s British Open and ahead of the qualification deadline for The 2013 Solheim Cup.”

Buckinghamshire Golf Club, with its magnificent 18-hole parkland course designed by John Jacobs O.B.E. and majestic Grade II Listed clubhouse, is conveniently located just 20 minutes from central London and has hosted a number of top amateur and professional tournaments, including the ISPS HANDA Ladies British Masters last August. 

Club Ambassador John O’Leary said: “On behalf of everyone at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, we thank Dr Handa and ISPS for bringing the Ladies European Masters here to us. We look forward to welcoming the players, media, guests and spectators to a world class Ladies European Tour golf event in July 2013.”