The second edition of the "Cap Cana Championship 2010 will take place from Friday Mar 26 – Sunday Mar 28, 2010, and has value to $ 2.0 million and 300 thousand dollars for the winner of first place in the tournament, which held again at Punta Espada Golf Club.

 

More info to be published at http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/s010/

 

 

 

Last year event Cap Cana PGA 2009:

This event brings together 78 professional players, including Mark Wiebe, the winner of the first edition, Tom Watson, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Jeff Sluman, Hale Irwin and Eduardo Romero, among others, who had already participated Tournament in March 2008.

 

Other celebrities will join them. This is a sports tournament of 54 holes that is played in stroke play. The announcement was made during a press conference given by Dr. Ricardo Hazoury, President of the Consejo de Directores de Cap Cana, which was accompanied by Mike Stevens, president of the PGA Champions Tour.

 

Dr. Ricardo Hazoury, Jack Nicklaus, and Champions Tour Senior Vice President Mike Stevens. (Photo by Jim Mandevile)

 

He explained that this event promotes the image of the Dominican Republic as a tourist destination and it guarantees that "this event will be of very high quality." He recalled that the first edition had been "a world-class tournament."

 

 

Punta Espada Golf Course to host second annual Champions Tour event

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, October 21, 2008: The PGA Champion’s Tour and Cap Cana recently announced that the 2nd Annual Cap Cana Championship will be held from March 23rd - 29th, 2009 at Punta Espada Golf Club in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.

“The inaugural event, held in March 2008 at Cap Cana resort, was a huge success in all aspects of golf and hospitality from the ever-welcoming Dominican Republic,” said Mike Stevens, President of the PGA Champions Tour. “Our players and our team are eager to return to Cap Cana and continue our past success in 2009.”

Punta Espada Golf Course is the first of three Jack Nicklaus Signature and Design courses to open at Cap Cana and features eight magnificent holes set along the Caribbean Sea. Its design incorporates the natural characteristics of the landscape including the beach, coves, cliffs and plush vegetation. Cap Cana’s second golf course, Las Iguanas, is set to open in early 2009.

“Punta Espada enjoys a solid reputation as one of the most exciting golf courses in the world”, said Saraida De Marchena, Director of Public Relations for Cap Cana. “This incredible golf offering is just one part of the Cap Cana lifestyle mix that includes world-class fishing, cuisine, beaches, spas, and naturally…golf.”

The 2009 Cap Cana Championship will feature 78 professionals, including 2008 champion Mark Wiebe plus Tom Watson, Jay Haas and Eduardo Romero all competing for a first place purse of US$315,000 in a total prize pool of US$2.1 million.

Since Punta Espada’s opening in 2006, the course has accumulated numerous accolades, including top honors in Golf Digest’s ranking of the “100 Best Courses Outside the US” and Forbes’ “Top 10 Golf Courses in the Caribbean.”

During the official PGA announcement, Efren Garcia, Director of the Cap Cana Championship highlighted the incredible level of interest from local and international companies to sponsor the tournament. The success of the inaugural tournament has placed the 2009 Cap Cana Championship as the major sporting event of the year in the Dominican Republic.

About Cap Cana:
Located in the eastern region the Dominican Republic, Cap Cana is touted to be “The World’s New Great Destination” along with being one of the most important tourism and real estate developments in the Caribbean.

 

With more than 120 million square metres and 5.5 kilometres of white sand beaches and mesmerizing crystal clear waters, Cap Cana is renowned for its illustrious size and natural beauty that integrates immaculate service and privacy for its guests and residents. Upon completion, Cap Cana will include 5,000 residential units and more than four luxury hotels, totaling over 700 hotel rooms. More information is available at www.capcana.com

 

About the Champions Tour:

Inaugurated in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, the season-long Champions Tour began as four events and an official prize pool of US$475,000.

The primary objectives of the Champions Tour are to provide significant opportunities and competition to golfers over 50; to protect the integrity of the game and to contribute to the growth of the sport of golf throughout the United States and the World.

 

Celebrating its 30th anniversary next year, this Tour has hosted the most distinguished Legends of Golf, including 14 members of the Golfing Hall of Fame and 160 players, who have together won over 900 events on the PGA Tour circuit, along with 107 Major Championships.

 

More information about PGA schedule is available at www.pgatour.com

About The Cap Cana Championship:

Cap Cana and its first golf course, Punta Espada, have been selected for three consecutive years, 2008-2010, to host the acclaimed PGA TOUR’s Champions Tour, the “Cap Cana Championship”.

The inaugural Championship, held in 2008, created an unprecedented level of interest in the beauty and landscape of the Dominican Republic during the week of March 29 – April 6. With the participation of 78 professional golfers including Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Fred Funk, Eduardo Romero, Vicente Fernandez, Bernhard Langer, and Ian Woosnam, it was Mark Wiebe from Oregon who showed won the tournament and claimed first prize of US$300,000.

 

The tournament was one of the richest on the calendar, totaling over US$2 million in prizes.

About Punta Espada Golf Club:

The Punta Espada Golf Club, with its five-star clubhouse, is the first of three Jack Nicklaus Signature Courses to open at Cap Cana. The US$22 million club incorporates the natural characteristics of Dominican Republic with a coastal layout of its par-72 course. With eight holes playing along and over the Caribbean Sea, the remainder is also blessed with views of the deep blue ocean, set to create that once in a lifetime experience every time you play.

Punta Espada is a unique course in the Dominican Republic that incorporates 100% Paspalum Grass in its design. Paspalum is the preferred surface in tropical climates for its resistance to salt water and its vibrant green colour.

Punta Espada’s meteoric rise in the World Ranking of golf courses has been noted by Golf Digest, accrediting it in the “Top 100 international Courses Outside of the United States”. Forbes magazine also confirmed its status by naming it as one of the “10 Best Courses in the Caribbean” and Robb Report has called it the “Best of the Best.”

The leading American golf course operating company, Troon Golf, has been in charge of the course’s operational development since it opened in 2006. Troon Golf, Punta Espada, and Cap Cana are pleased to be part of the Cap Cana Championship from 2008 – 2010 as their first-ever golf tournament.