Top players for Mojo tournament
Published:Thursday | April 15, 2010 | 9:12 AM
International golf returns to the island today when 16 of the top female golfers in the world contest the two-day Ladies Professional Golf Association Mojo 6 Raceway Tournament at Cinnamon Hill Golf Course in Rose Hall, Montego Bay.
The golfers will play for a purse of $1 million.
The Mojo 6 tournament, described as golf’s equivalent of cricket’s 20/Twenty is a new, unique golfing format that preserves the fundamentals of the game, while adding cumulative scoring and the opportunity to choose your opponent as special features.
It is played over two days and features 30 six-hole matches in 30 hours.
The event, the first top-flight golf tournament to be staged in Jamaica since the Tryall Golf Course in Hanover, played host to the Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship between 1991 to 95, is expected to ultimately become a major boost in the Government’s bid to establish Jamaica as lucrative sports tourism destination
Among the players to compete are 11-time LPGA champion Cristie Kerr, two-times champion, Christina Kim and last year’s LPGA champion, Suzann Pettersen.
On today’s first day, each golfer has three separate six-hole matches to accumulate points and establish a ‘Day One’ ranking from 1 to 16.
The top eight golfers will advance to tomorrow’s ‘Championship Day’, which will feature a single elimination format to determine the ultimate champion.