Munich/George. Located on the fantastic Garden Route in South Africa, roughly midway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, is Fancourt Golf Resort – venue this week for the 33rd BMW Golf Cup World Final. In maintaining with the motto for the most important worldwide event sequence for novice golfers – ‘once in a lifetime’ – Fancourt offers the proper circumstances for a novel sporting and social expertise. Golfers have certified for the World Final via roughly 1,000 tournaments all over the world. Together with their company, they’ll now take pleasure in breathtaking golf programs, an unique resort, a event held in skilled circumstances, and an exciting programme away from the golf course.
Through their sporting efforts, the world finalists may even do their bit for trigger, as BMW Group is supporting UNICEF* in its work in disaster areas with €1,000 for every web eagle carded over the course of the event.
BMW Group’s instructional involvement on the golf scene comes beneath the tagline ‘Eagles for Education’ and was launched final 12 months on the firm’s headquarters in Munich throughout the BMW International Open on the DP World Tour. South Africa can also be a rustic with which the BMW Group has been intently related on the golf scene and past for greater than 50 years.
The premium car producer opened its first plant exterior of Germany in Rosslyn, close to Johannesburg, from which 1.6 million vehicles have since been delivered to greater than 40 nations. Right from the phrase go, BMW Group has additionally been dedicated to work in the neighborhood in South Africa, focussing as regards to STEM training (science, expertise, engineering and arithmetic).
For this motive, South Africa was final 12 months chosen as the place to begin for a long-term partnership between BMW Group and UNICEF*. This comes beneath the slogan ‘BRIDGE. Educating young people for tomorrow, today’ and in addition focusses on instructional tasks in STEM. Over the course of 2024, the collaboration will likely be expanded to Brazil, India, Mexico and Thailand – all of which have programme wants and have BMW Group presence. The partnership will contribute to UNICEF’s international goal to succeed in 10 million kids and younger folks every year via training.
BMW Group additionally has the chance to lift funds to help UNICEF’s work in emergencies and protracted crises. The United Nation’s International Children’s Fund makes use of these assets to help kids to develop abilities to deal with trauma and to supply them with a secure setting during which to proceed their studying.
Over the course of 9 rounds of golf, the rivals can elevate cash by taking incredible golf pictures and hitting as many web eagles as attainable. The World Final is performed throughout three rounds in three classes: Men’s A (as much as HCP 12), Men’s B (HCP 13-28) and Ladies (HCP as much as 28). As effectively as in these particular person classes, a title can also be up for grabs in a nationwide workforce competitors.
In maintaining with custom, the World Final kicks off on Monday night with a welcome night and the parading of flags from all of the nationalities current. The occasion attracts to a worthy shut on Friday night with the Gala Dinner and a really particular visitor of honour. South African golf legend Gary Player, who has no fewer than 18 main titles to his identify, together with 9 on the Seniors tour, will current the trophies after first entertaining the BMW company together with his well-known charisma and legendary health throughout a novel golf clinic. The 88-year-old is the proper visitor of honour for the BMW Golf Cup World Final – not solely resulting from his standing as one of many biggest golfers of all time, but additionally as a result of he designed the three spectacular golf programs at Fancourt.
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