Announcement of the Date of the Third Edition of“The Cap Cana Championship 2010” Tournament of PGA TOUR's Champions Tour

During this exciting week, the Punta Espada golf course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature and Design course, will once again be the venue for golf lovers to meet face to face with the big legends of the sport, such as the winners of the first and second edition, Mark Wiebe and Keith Fergus. Other golf legends that have participated are: Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Hay Haas, Craig Stadler, Bernard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Jeff Slumank, Hale Irwin and Eduardo Romero,  among others.

During this stroke-play tournament the professional players will be competing for the Charles Schwab Cup at the Cap Cana Championship Tournament for a US$315,000 winner's prize and an official  award of USD$1,600,000.00

The Champions Tour already announced the date and venue for the 2010 season which includes 15 states, the Dominican Republic for the third consecutive year, Scotland and for the first time, South Korea.

The first and second edition of this tournament has positioned it as the major sporting event in the country along with the fact that it is aired on renowned international channels such as Golf Channel in North America, Europe and the Caribbean and ESPN Latin America which allows the world to perceive the Dominican Republic and Cap Cana as a preferred world-class golf destiny.
Undoubtedly, “The Cap Cana Championship” is already promising the highest level “One Great Week in a Great Destiny”…

For additional information call: 809-469-7600
www.thecapcanachampionship.com

About Champions Tour – The Champions Tour is an organization of professional golfers age 50 and over. It began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour with only four events and the total prize money was US$475,000.00.  The main objectives of the Champions Tour are to provide significant competitive and earnings opportunities for golfers age 50 and over; to protect the integrity of the game; and to help grow the reach of the game in the United States and around the world. 2009 marked the 30th anniversary of this organization that groups a large number of the most distinguished legends of this sport including 14 members of the Golfing Hall of Fame and 160 players who have won  over 900 PGA Tour events along with 107 championships referred to as “the Majors” in their respective career path. Players, spectators and sponsors without distinction “come to play” at The Champions Tour where training and competition unite through a series of activities designed to make this event the friendliest of all sports.  For additional information go to www.pgatour.com

About The Cap Cana Championship – Cap Cana and its  Punta Espada Golf Course have been selected to host one of the PGA TOUR's Champions Tour, “The Cap Cana Championship” for three consecutive years. The first edition of this important sports event was held in the Dominican Republic for the first time from March 31st to April 6, 2008 and the second edition took place during March 23-29, 2009 with the participation of 78 professional golf players, among which were Jay  Haas, Craig Stadler, Gary Player, Greg Norman Curtis Strange, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Fred Funk, Eduardo Romero, Vicente Fernández, Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam, among others.  Mark Wiebe, from  Oregon, won the first edition and Keith Fergus won in 2008.   The Cap Cana Championship continues in 2010.

About Punta Espada Golf Club -  Punta Espada is the first of three  Jack Nicklaus Signature and Design golf courses.  It incorporates the paradisiac atmosphere of the surroundings in his route by the 18 holes, from which it is possible to contemplate the immensity of the sea.  With a 22-million-dollar investment and constructed on a land area of 6,763 square meters, it is a par 72 golf course. There is a Casa Club available with all the amenities necessary for a memorable golf experience.

Punta Espada is the only golf course in the Dominican Republic that features 100% “Seashore Paspalum”, the preferred grass in tropical climates because of its resistance to salt water and its vibrant green color.

In November, 2009 the prestigious magazine Golfweek named Campo de Golf Punta Espada for the second consecutive year as the best golf course of the Caribbean and Mexico.  In addition, it has been selected among the 100 best golf courses outside the United States in the last ranking published by the accredited North American magazine “Golf Digest”.  Furthermore, it was recognized as one of the best 10 golf courses in the Caribbean by the US magazine Forbes.  The magazine Robb Report´s “Best of the Best” chose it as one of the most extraordinary international golf courses.

Since it opened for play in November 2006, Punta Espada has been operated by the renowned North American company Troon Golf.  This company is in charge of managing, operating and maintaining the golf course.  It is 2008-2010 host of one of the popular stops on the PGA TOUR´S CHAMPIONS TOUR - “The Cap Cana Championship”.