Matteo Manassero set to participate in European Tour's tournament of champions
Matteo Manassero of Italy has confirmed his participation in the European Tour’s ‘tournament of champions’, the Volvo Golf Champions. The event is slated to start from January 10, 2012.
The tournament will be staged at the Durban Country Club, which is known as one of the beautiful golf courses around the world.
The Volvo Golf Champions is lauded as one of the premier golf tournaments on the European Tour, because of its ability to attract a strong line-up each season.
This year too, a number of top-notch players, including 28 winners from the 2012 European Tour season and seven past winners, will be vying for a share of the US$2million prize purse in South Africa.
The 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke, Jeev Milkha Singh, who won the Asian Tour Order of Merit two times in his career, and the three-time major champion Padraig Harrington are the recent additions to the tournament.
The 19-time European Tour winner Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who also became the oldest European Tour winner by recording a victory in the 2012 Hong Kong Open, also confirmed his participation in the event.
However, he broke his leg during a ski accident, which will not allow him to make a start in the event this season.
While making his confirmation, Manassero said that he will try to start his 2013 campaign on a high note, by recording a decent finish in the tournament.
In addition to that, he also stated that he enjoyed a decent run of form in the last quarter of the 2012 golf season. Therefore, he hopes to keep the momentum going into the upcoming tournaments.
"I am really looking forward to starting 2013 in Durban at the Volvo Golf Champions,” he said. “I had a fantastic end to my season after having had quite a difficult summer so I want to keep this form going into 2013”.
He added, “Although I am really excited about Christmas and having a bit of a rest, I am already looking forward to playing against a field of European Tour champions in such a beautiful venue in the South African sunshine”.
Tags: