The Challenge Tour 2022 starts from South Africa with the Dimension Data Pro-Am, a tournament organized in conjunction with the Sunshine Tour. Three Azzurri will compete in George (Western Cape): Matteo Manassero (fresh from 28th place at Saudi International, third event of the Asian Tour 2022 which saw him finish the first round in the lead), Lorenzo Scalise and Aron Zemmer.
Challenge Tour 2022, South Africa
The event will be held at the Fancourt Golf Estate (on the three different courses of Outeniqua, The Links and Montagu, the only competition field of the fourth round), with the pro-am formula (one pro and one amateur) and cut expected after 54 holes.
A prize pool of $ 350,000 is up for grabs. The South African Wilco Nienaber will defend the title – his caddy is Ricci Roberts, one of the architects of Ernie Els’ triumphs – who in 2021 overtook the Swedish Henric Sturehed in the play-off.
The first of six consecutive events in South Africa, the Dimension Data Pro-Am sees the many local players among the favorites on the eve. From Dean Burmester to Jaco Prinsloo, from Juan Carlo Ritchie to Jean Hugo via Jaco Van Zyl (signed in 2013), Hennie Otto (winner in 2011, for him two successes also at the 2008 and 2014 Italian Open) and Retief Goosen (champion of the US Open in 2001 and 2004 and king of this tournament in 2002).
These are some of the protagonists announced. An important opportunity for the Azzurri. Manassero in 2021, after a growing season, earned the opportunity to play the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, which saw the best 45 of the circuit on the field.
Scalise was left out, for only one position. And now for the Italians a new start on the Challenge Tour which can represent a springboard towards the DP World Tour 2023. He is among the most successful sportsmen ever, as well as one of the richest in the world.
When it comes to firsts Tiger Woods is always present: 15 majors won, 110 professional tournaments, the most successful golfer in the history of this sport. Statistics that explain why he managed to stay at the top of the world ranking for 683 weeks (of which 281 consecutive) and above all because in 2014 he became the first sportsman in the world to have broken the billion dollar barrier.
Astronomical figure that also justifies the fact that Tiger Woods can afford a yacht like the Privacy, a real fairytale boat. And obviously we are talking about something that has cost a lot. If you imagine a luxury yacht and some comfort on board, then Privacy has it.
48 meters long, with a total area of 600 square meters, this yacht was purchased by the golfer in 2004. Equipped with five cabins capable of accommodating a total of ten people, she also boasts four quarters for nine crew members.
Tiger Woods usually calls it « my dinghy » even if everything looks like a dinghy: with a cruising speed of 18 knots, he also has a gym on board where the golfer keeps training. Woods, in fact, prefers to stay on this yacht during the tournaments held in New York.
With cherry wood interiors, Privacy also features an elevator for three people, a huge Jacuzzi, large enough to accommodate eight people, and the inevitable cinema room and corner bar. The extra something for this mega yacht is provided by the area that Tiger Woods wanted to be dedicated to scuba diving: this also explains the presence of a decompression chamber (inflatable) and an area dedicated to filling oxygen cylinders.
The luxuries are also completed by three jet skis and two scooters for short shore excursions. Obviously, all of this has a price: Privacy cost 17 million euros and its annual maintenance amounts to 1.7 million euros.
