| City and Investec SA Women’s Open tee up new partnership agreement | City and Investec SA Women’s Open tee up new partnership agreement | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p>Council has today given approval for the City’s Events Department to enter into a new agreement to sponsor the Investec SA Women’s Open for the next three years. <br></p> | <span><p>The Council approval will see the City provide support for the country's premier women's professional event for the 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 financial years. </p><p>The new agreement with the Women's Professional Golf Association (WPGA) will come into effect ahead of the 2024 Investec SA Women's Open set to take place at the Erinvale Golf Estate in Somerset West next month. </p><p>This will be the seventh straight year that Cape Town will be hosting the country's oldest and most prestigious professional women's golf tournament.<span lang="EN-US" style="text-decoration:line-through;"> </span></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/SA%20Women%27s%20Open%20Trophy.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure></span><p>'The event's move to Cape Town in 2018 birthed a really successful partnership between the City of Cape Town, the WPGA and the Sunshine Ladies Tour. Year-on-year, we have seen an increase not only in the level of competition, but also in the number of people who travel to Cape Town for this tournament. We have been encouraged by how the event has contributed to promoting the Mother City as a sports tourism destination and the tournament's focus on developing the next generation of female golfers. It really has been an honour for Cape Town to host the Investec SA Women's Open over the last seven years and we are looking forward to a renewed partnership over the next three years,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith. </p><p>Some of the Investec South African Women's Open highlights over the last seven years include: </p><ul><li>Largest prize money (over R6 million) for any professional women's golf tournament in South Africa </li><li>Increased international entries from 93 in 2019 to 112 international entries from 30 different countries in 2023</li><li>Has hosted over 700 golfers </li><li>Rejoined (co-sanctioned by) the Ladies European Tour in 2018</li><li>The 2021 tournament served as a qualifying event for the 2021 US Women's Open</li><li>Broadcast in over 60 countries </li></ul>Hosted annual golf clinic, conducted by professional players, for local golfers affiliated to the Sally Little Kids Golf Clinic<br> <br><div>The 2024 Investec Women's Open will once again draw the curtain on the eight-tournament Sunshine Ladies Tour season. </div><div> </div><div>It will take place at the Erinvale Golf Course from 25 to 28 April 2024.</div><div> </div><div>For more information on this and other events hosted in Cape Town visit <a href="file:///C:/Users/ADEBRUYNS1/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/DCG1NKDG/eventsincapetown.com" target="_blank">eventsincapetown.com</a> </div> <br><br><br><br><strong>End</strong><br><p> </p><p><br></p> | 2024-03-27T22:00:00Z | GP0|#1d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70;L0|#01d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70|City news;GTSet|#62efe227-07aa-45e7-944c-ceebacca891d | | | | | GP0|#f9891347-9853-4a33-be46-2fd52a61e835;L0|#0f9891347-9853-4a33-be46-2fd52a61e835|events;GTSet|#2e3de6c1-9951-4747-8f53-470629a399bb;GP0|#13839e11-6321-4a6b-9359-1e8cc94a575e;L0|#013839e11-6321-4a6b-9359-1e8cc94a575e|tournaments;GTSet|#2e3de6c1-9951-4747-8f53-470629a399bb | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
