SIR BOB CHARLES WINS POWERPLAY GOLF® CHARITY EXHIBITION MATCH AT CLEARWATER GC, NEW ZEALAND
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SIR BOB CHARLES WINS POWERPLAY GOLF® CHARITY EXHIBITION MATCH AT CLEARWATER GC, NEW ZEALAND
1963 Open Champion masters two-flag game in Samoa Tsunami and Earthquake event
 
In a superb display of golf in cold easterly winds, 1963 Open Champion and Golf Hall Of Fame member Sir Bob Charles showed younger competitors he still has what it takes by winning the PowerPlay Golf® Charity Exhibition Match, on Sunday 29th November 2009, at Clearwater Golf Club in Christchurch, New Zealand.
 
 
 
Charles carded 26 PowerPlay Golf® points to win the event by a single point from Clearwater GC marketing manager Karen Delatour – who is currently New Zealand’s highest-ranked female PowerPlay Golfer.
 
The event was staged to raise money for the New Zealand Red Cross Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami Fund.
 
Sir Bob Charles’ partners for his round were three generous donors to the Fund, all of whom had won their playing spots by bidding on TradeMe, New Zealand’s online auction website. Geoff Harmon and Simon Coote had each travelled three hours from Kaikoura and Waimate respectively, whilst Doug Spence of Christchurch only found out 48 hours earlier that his son had set him up for a game of golf with the New Zealand sporting legend. Harmon scored 22 points to take third place in the event.
 
The exciting nine-hole ‘risk and reward’ PowerPlay Golf® was praised by all competitors. Event organiser Andrew Bell, from PowerPlay Golf® in New Zealand, said: “The opportunity to play and talk informally with Sir Bob Charles at any time is a great privilege and his willingness to donate his time, as well as turn on a golfing master-class in a format he had never played before, made this PowerPlay Golf® event very special for everyone involved.
 
“All funds raised today have been donated in full to The New Zealand Red Cross, and we are proud to use the attraction of PowerPlay Golf® to raise money for this very worthy cause.”
 
 
Golf & Rugby Sevens to be included in 2016 Olympics
Posted: 9 October 2009 - 0 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]
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POWERPLAY GOLF® WELCOMES GOLF OLYMPIC VOTE
 
PowerPlay Golf® (www.powerplay-golf.com), the two-flag nine-hole golfing format, has issued the following statements in response to today’s news that The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has voted to include Golf and Rugby Sevens into the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro:
 
“It is of course fantastic news for the sport. I believe that all of us in the golf industry will benefit. We at PowerPlay Golf are certainly very excited by the opportunities which this will present both ourselves, and the hundreds of Official Venues which host PowerPlay Golf events around the world.”
 
David Hardy, Chief Executive, PowerPlay Golf ®
 
"This is a tremendous boost for the game worldwide, particularly in developing countries. They will now have greater facility to access government funding, and to develop the sport within their own territories. I believe that the effect will be enormous, and one manifestation of this will be the internationalisation of future leaderboards in the Majors and indeed in The Olympic Games themselves."
 
Peter McEvoy OBE, co-founder, PowerPlay Golf ®
 
“This is great news, and I believe that this will stimulate larger TV audiences for golf – which is where the oxygen is for all sport these days.”
 
David Piggins, co-founder, PowerPlay Golf ®
 
 
For further comment and interviews, please contact:
 
Andy Hiseman, PowerPlay Golf, +44 (0)7795 360112, andy@powerplay-golf.com
 
 
 
About PowerPlay Golf®
 
In PowerPlay Golf® (www.powerplay-golf.com) , a 9-hole format which takes half the time of a normal round of golf, golfers choose to aim for one of two flags on the green – a White Flag and a Black Flag. Players score extra points for birdies or better when playing to the Black (or ‘PowerPlay’) Flag, which is generally in a difficult position on the green, thereby creating extra pressure. Golfers can go online after their game, registering to earn PowerPlay Golf® Dollars, climbing World Rankings and competing in user-generated PowerPlay Golf® Leagues both locally and around the world. The format is known for its ‘risk and reward’ ethos, and for the levels of excitement which it creates.
 
PowerPlay Golf®’s made-for-TV ‘PowerPlay Shootout’ format, which offers a complete golf tournament in less than two and a half hours, offers global broadcasters the opportunity to televise golf in a more compressed time-frame, thus increasing golfing TV audiences.  
 
POWERPLAY GOLF® PRESS RELEASE
Contact Andy Hiseman, PowerPlay Golf®, +44 (0)7795 360112, andy@powerplay-golf.com