Gleneagles Country Club will host, for the third consecutive year, the only International Final Qualifying (IFQ) event in America May 23.
The event, which will take place on the Queen’s Course, features a field of 78 players – including some of the best in the world – competing in over 36 holes during one day’s play for eight qualifying spots.
The IFQ event is open to the public and takes place on the Monday after the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth and prior to the HP Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, allowing many of the top players to compete in the event between PGA Tour tournaments.
Players scheduled to compete in the event as of May 6 include Brandt Snedeker, Anthony Kim, Bill Haas, Aaron Baddeley, Rory Sabbatini, Ricky Barnes, Sergio Garcia, Stuart Appleby, and Heath Slocum.
The IFQ events, held by the R&A, the organization responsible for the world’s golf rules and the organizer of the British Open Championship, were started in 2004 and are held on five continents to give more players from around the world the opportunity to compete in the British Open Championship, one of golf’s four Majors. The 140th British Open is July 14-17, 2011, at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, in England.
Mickey Wszolek, Gleneagles’ general manager said “Gleneagles’ past support has been instrumental in the success of this great event and led to the R&A’s decision to return to Gleneagles for an unprecedented third year in a row. The IFQ players will benefit from our greatly enhanced driving range and new short-game practice facilities – some of the best in the DFW area – and the recently renovated first tee, all of which have been added since the event was first held here in 2009. We’re looking forward to another great field and an exciting day of golf.”
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