It seems Indonesia Master Golf 2017 will be the most thrilling golf events at the end of 2017. The golf tournament, which is held in April every year, is changing its schedule and will be held in December this year. OB Golf as tournament promoter, revealed some exciting offers at the golf tournament, which will be held on 14-17 December 2017.
Indonesia Master Golf 2017 Prizes
As the biggest golf tournament in Indonesia, Indonesian Masters is certainly a lucrative opportunity for Asian Tour golfers. The Indonesian Masters stipulation as an Asian Tour finale event in this year become an opportunity for Asian Tour participants to secure their cards next year.
Indonesia Master Golf 2017 will become the witness of Asian Tour 2018 card seizure for 60 best golfers. This golf tournament is also a place to find out The Asian Tour Order of Merit winners and who will get the opportunity to join The Open Championship and WGC-Mexico Championship next year.
Golfers who managed to collect the most prizes are eligible to receive an invitation to The Open Championship and WGC-Mexico Championship 2018. That means, only the Asian Tour Order of Merit winner and runner-up who can go to Mexico next year.
In the seventh year of The Indonesian Master’s tournament, it’s becoming the third round of the Panasonic Swing program. Where the Asian Tour players compete for points and bonuses accumulated from the five series of tournaments in Thailand, Malaysia, India, Japan and Indonesia.
As a final tournament, of course Indonesia Master Golf 2017 offers some interesting prizes for the golfer. This tournament offers 20 points of Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for the top-22 golfers.
In comparison, the previous Indonesian Open and Indonesian Masters tournaments have never offered 20 points. In the last two years, the biggest point ever offered in these two events has been only 14 points. This makes the Indonesian Masters event equivalent to leading professional tournament such as the Olympic games, world golf trophies and world golf championships.
The competition among players will be very tight and exciting. Given the Indonesian Masters to be the last tournament of this season, where they must collect as many points as possible in order to get the top 50 positions and follow the next championship.
Beside its higher points, Indonesia Master Golf 2017 also compete for a total prize worth of US$ 750,000. So it would unfortunate if the best golfers in the world miss the last and the best golf tournament in 2017.
As in previous years, this prestigious tournament will be held at The Royale Jakarta Golf Club. The Royale Jakarta Golf Club has witnessed the presence of some of the world’s best golfers such as Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger and Anirban Lahiri since 2011. It is not a new thing for Lee Westwood playing golf at The Royale Jakarta Golf Club. The British golfers have earned the nickname of Royale King due to his victories in 2011, 2012 and 2015.
The Indonesian Masters tournament is not only able to bring good effect to Indonesia in the golf world. For the PGA Tour of Indonesia, this tournament is also has an important role for local golfers and the most anticipated event on their calendar.
The Indonesia Master Golf 2017 tournament also dedicated to encouraging the Indonesian golf development and bring up new champions from within the country. So it is not surprising that the promoter prepares this tournament to become the biggest and the best tournament in the history of the Indonesian Masters.
