HONG KONG, 16 Oct 2015, (HK Golfer News Wire) - 2016 will be the eighth year for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong. Every year, amateur golfers compete to represent Hong Kong at the MercedesTrophy Asia Final in Australia as well as the MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany.
The Road to MercedesTrophy Hong Kong 2016 means that leading Hong Kong players from the following HKGA tournaments will qualify for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong in Spring 2016:
- Hong Kong Seniors Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club on November 11-13, 2015
- Hong Kong Ladies Open and Close Amateur & Mid-Amateur Championships at the Hong Kong Golf Club on January 6-8, 2016
- Hong Kong Close Amateur & Mid-Amateur Championships at the Hong Kong Golf Club on February 8-10, 2016
- HKGA Spring Men’s Tournament at Discovery Bay Golf Club on March 7, 2016
- HKGA Spring Ladies Tournament at Discovery Bay Golf Club on March 8, 2016
Seven winners from the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong 2016 will advance to the MercedesTrophy Asian Final in Australia’s Gold Coast in August. From there, the leading Hong Kong player, if the owner of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, will be invited to the MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany in October.
"We teamed up with the HKGA in 2014 as Exclusive Car Partner to help create more access to golf for the Hong Kong community,” said Andreas Binder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Limited. “The first Road to MercedesTrophy Hong Kong proved extremely popular in 2015 so together with the HKGA we are opening up even more qualifying opportunities in 2016. Some HKGA subscribers could go through to the Asian Final in Australia and possibly the World Final in Germany as well.”
HKGA President Mark Chan added: “The commitment of Mercedes-Benz to amateur golf in Hong Kong is invaluable. HKGA subscribers will be delighted to learn that they have even more opportunity to play in the coveted MercedesTrophy Hong Kong, which has quickly become one of the highlights of the amateur golfing calendar.”