Zambezi Tour launced

pledging their support to promoting professional golf in the country.
The tour was renamed Golden Pilsener Zambezi Tour after consultations with all stakeholders involved.

The committee took time to unveil the new sponsors.
Delta Beverages came on board with its Golden Pilsiner brand and has got three-year naming rights on the tour and their role will be to fund the office.
NetOne, which already has three tournaments, and were there for several years on the calendar, also committed themselves.

NetOne has three tournaments, which are run yearly.
Triangle and Hippo Valley Estates, who sponsored the Lowveld Pro-Am, pledged their support and will remain on board.
The Zimbabwe Open Committee, led by Livingstone Gwata, also came on board with the Open Classic, which finished on the day.

Hwange Colliery, which was represented by Thembelani Ncube, showed their loyalty to the sport and will remain on board as well.
The Joshua Nkomo Memorial is on the calendar.

FBC Banking Corporation will sponsor a tournament next month.
The Premier Auto Services tournament was held at Royal Harare and became the first Zambezi Tour tournament.
Several people attended the launch from the golfing fraternity.

The chairman of the Open Committee Celestine Gadzikwa was happy for the commitment shown by several companies.
“We are very delighted for everyone who made this launch a success.

“The committee is overwhelmed with the way everything is progressing. This was an idea, which we held for quite some time and we are happy that we have finally made it.
“We can say the success rate so far is good and we can show up something for the effort that we are putting in.

“We would like to see an improvement in the three years that we will be working with the companies who came on board.
Zimbabwe Professional Golfers Union President Arkil Yousuf was a happy man.

“This is a good move especially for us golfers as we can now focus on our profession without having to think about sponsorship.
“I would like to thank all those who helped this to come true.

“It was very difficult for us to think of looking for sponsors while at the same time we would want to play the game.
“This gives us confidence and we should go from strength to strength. The tour would have not been successful without financial and moral support, which is important.

“To professional golfers, I now challenge each one of us to work hard. “I applaud you and the referees for doing a great job for us,” Yousuf said.
The golfer also took time to congratulate Shane Pringle who won the Open Classic. “To Pringle I say well done, that was very good golf and we would like to see more of this,” Yousuf said.