Gtour Race to Cyprus - 1st event + info

The 2011 Gtour Race to Cyprus campaign kicked off on Saturday 19th Feb at De Vere Staverton Pack with a sold out field of 52 players.   Read the full news report here.

A couple of new dates have be added:

• Fri 11th March - De Vere Oulton Hall (I am running)
• Sat 2nd Jul - Moor Allerton (just added)
• Sat 16th Jul - Mannings Heath

For anyone interested in taking part of finding out more check out www.gtour.co.uk or read below for some quick info:

Gtour Race to Cyprus 

Building on 2 very successful seasons in 2009 and 2010, the Gtour Order of Merit has been renamed ‘The Race to Cyprus’ following partnership with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation during 2011.  

The ‘Gtour Race to Cyrpus’ is the leading Amateur golf tour in the UK and unlike any other golf event in the UK is open to all golfers taking place at venues across the country. 

With handicap allowances of 28 for men and 36 for women, handicap based tiered Order of Merit and no restriction on club or non club status the ‘Gtour Race to Cyprus’ provides a unique fun, social and competitive tour experience for every golfer.   In partnership with Golfscoretracker, the leading European online score tracking service, all scores, handicaps and playing history are monitored to ensure a transparent open appraisal of the Gtour players.

Competing in at least 3 qualifying events around the UK the top 52 players will be invited to compete in the UK semi final in the Autumn at De Vere Belton Woods, this is also based on the tiered handicap system.

The 2 day semi final will then see the top 10 players move forward to compete for the tour title with the Grand final being be played out at Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus. 

This is ran in partnership with myself at Golfshake.com and Golfshake member and owner of Stroke Index Ltd Colin Astbury.