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Barbados to host golf world cup

Holiday In Wales The International Federation of PGA Tours has announced that the Caribbean Island of Barbados will host the 2006 World Golf Championships - World Cup.

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Holiday Wales The Country Club Course at the Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados will serve as the host competitive venue for this global championship.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales A total of 24 nations, including the host country, will participate in this prestigious event, which will be known as the World Golf Championships - Barbados World Cup, from December 4-10, 2006, with a minimum purse of US$4,000,000.

The quaint town of Knysna with its numerous art galleries and craft shops lining the streets is definitely worth a visit. golfers who do not wish to attend the Presidents Cup. Transportation to and from Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate, which is the host of the Presidents Cup, are provided daily. Here you will be able to witness the world's best golfers exciting games on the beautiful Links Golf Course.

Caravan Holiday In Wales This will be the first time a World Golf Championships event, including the historic World Cup, has been played in Barbados, and only the third time it has been held in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico was the host of the 1961 and 1994 World Cups.

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Camping Holiday Wales "We are pleased to announce that Barbados will be the host of the 2006 World Cup," said PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours.

Founded in 1993, Northop Country Park, located around three miles to the south of Flint, is one of the best venues for golf in the north of Wales . The course is the work of former Ryder Cup player and renowned golf coach John Jacobs. inspiring parkland and features an abundance of tall trees creating a feeling that you are pulling your golf trolley in a world of your own. The course opened in 1994 and immediately hosted the Welsh PGA National Championships before going on to play host to a number of top amateur events and regional competitions. For those of you who are soccer fans too, you might catch a glimpse of England player Michael Owen, whose home is right next to the golf course at Northop, and who enjoys the occasional game himself.

Accommodation Holiday Wales "The World Cup has a tradition of visiting some of the world's great golf venues in exotic locations.

Holiday Last Minute Wales "Next year's event will continue that tradition by going to one of the world's most attractive destinations at one of the best courses in all of the Caribbean."

Catering Holiday Self Wales Sandy Lane's Country Club Course is one of three golf courses at the Sandy Lane Resort.

Holiday Wales Walking Along with the recently opened Green Monkey and historic Old Nine Golf Club, the Tom Fazio-designed Sandy Lane Country Club is a 7,060- yard, par-72 layout that opened in 2001.

Family Holiday Wales Barbados also has two other existing championship golf courses - Royal Westmoreland designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and the Barbados Golf Club designed by Ron Kirby - as well as one additional nine-hole track at Rockley on the south coast.

Holiday Riding Wales Two new championship courses will commence construction in 2006.

Adventure Holiday Wales "Barbados is a world-class destination. The hosting of the Barbados World Cup in 2006 followed by the World Cup of Cricket in 2007 will enable us to globally showcase our beautiful island and firmly establish Barbados as the Caribbean's leading country for sports, active and lifestyle tourism," said the Honourable Noel Lynch, M.P., Minister of Tourism and International Transport.

Holiday Park South Wales "The Five Diamond Sandy Lane Resort has set new standards for excellence in the Caribbean and we look forward to welcoming the best players from all over the world and their supporters to experience our great golf courses and famous Bajan hospitality."

Cottage Holiday Wales Commenting on the 2006 Barbados World Cup, Dermot Desmond, principal owner of Sandy Lane, said, "All of us at Sandy Lane are honored that the World Cup will be played here next year, and I am confident that everyone at Sandy Lane and in Barbados will do their utmost to make this the best World Cup ever."

Holiday In Wales The Barbados World Cup, which will be sponsored by the Barbados Tourism Authority, will be broadcast to more than 140 nations, including ESPN and ABC in the United States and on Sky Sports in the UK & Ireland.

Holiday Wales The World Cup of Golf became the fourth event of the World Golf Championships in 2000 when the International Federation of PGA Tours entered into an agreement with the International Golf Association, the organization which operated the World Cup beginning in 1953.

Cottage Holiday In Wales The United States has won a record 23 World Cups with David Duval and Tiger Woods winning at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2000 when first the World Cup was played as a World Golf Championships event.

Caravan Holiday In Wales This year, the World Golf Championships - Algarve World Cup in Portugal was played at the Victoria Club de Golfe - Vilamoura in the Algarve region of Portugal. The team of Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge led Wales to their second title in the event.

Camping Holiday Wales The other World Golf Championships include the Accenture Match Play Championship, American Express Championship and Bridgestone Invitational. For more information, please visit www.worldgolfchampionships.com

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