Doha: Doha Golf Club which last week played host to the world’s leading golfers at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters - European Tour event – will welcome some of the top amateur men and women players during the Bonallack and Patsy Hankins tournaments.
The two events, to be held from March 8-10 at the Peter Harradine designed course, will pit the best of male and female amateur European players against an Asia-Pacific team.
The men will be vying for the Bonallack Trophy while the women for the Patsy Hankins honours in the three-day tournament.
Two teams of twelve representing Europe and Asia- Pacific will be vying for top honours in the tournament which will be played in match-play format.
The first two days, of the three days format, will comprise five foursomes matches each morning and five four-ball matches each afternoon.
On the final day, all twelve team players will compete in singles match play.
A win will count as one point, a half yields half a point and a lost match will return zero. In the event of a tie, the trophy shall be retained by the holders.
The World Amateur Golf Ranking will be used as the main reference in addition to a number of captain’s picks. According to the match conditions, no more than two players may be selected from the same country.
Meanwhile, Europe has announced its team.
European Team: Edgar Catherine (France), Todd Clements (England), Robin Dawson (Ireland), Oliver Gillberg (Sweden), Marc Hammer (Germany), Rasmus Hojgaard (Denmark), Matias Honkala (Finland), Angel Hidalgo Portillo (Spain), Matthew Jordan (England), Frederic Lacroix (France), Kristoffer Reitan (Norway), Sami Valimaki (Finland).
