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Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
THE countdown for the 2023 edition of the Zimbabwe Open Golf Championship is now underway as the flagship golf tournament will be launched in Harare this morning.
The event is scheduled to take place at Royal Harare and Chapman Golf Clubs next month.
In last year’s edition, FBC Holdings, one of Zimbabwe’s leading financial services institutions, poured in $12 500 000 towards the 2022 Zimbabwe Open Golf tournament.
After last year’s sponsorship, the prestigious national golf tournament was christened “FBC Zimbabwe Open” Golf tournament.
The FBC Group’s title sponsorship showed testimony to the FBC brand’s firm commitment towards playing a pivotal role in promoting the development of golf as a sport in Zimbabwe and the African continent at large.
Over the years, FBC have become synonymous with golf in Zimbabwe, having participated in previous editions of the Zimbabwe Open Golf tournament as an associate and anchor sponsor.
FBC also supported the Africa Region 5 Golf Championships which had teams drawn from seven countries that included Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe last year.
Last year the tournament was won by South African Albert Venter, who outclassed his two compatriots Louis Albertse and Stefan Wears-Taylor, to the title. Venter won the title with a long birdie in the second play-off round to take home R317 000, while Wears-Taylor and Albertse each walked away with R180 400 in prize money.
An eagle in the final play-off round exemplified Venter’s 18-hole fourth round in which he carded six-under 66 to finish the tournament 10-under as did Albertse and Wears-Taylor in their final rounds.
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