A new tournament on The European Tour International Schedule, the Open de Sevilla, will be played at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Spain, from April 15-18, carrying a prize fund of €1,000,000 with a first prize of €166,660.
The introduction of the Open de Sevilla means that Spain will host two tournaments back to back in April, with the new event being followed by the Canarias Open de España.
It will also be the first of two tournaments on The 2004 European Tour International Schedule to be played at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, as the club will also host the World Golf Championships – World Cup from November 18-21.
Located at Montequinto, three kilometres south of Seville, the course was designed by two time Masters Champion José Maria Olazábal and opened in 1992, measuring 7,140 yards (6,529 metres) with a par of 72.
Claudia Hernandez, Chief Executive of Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, said: “We are delighted that The European Tour has chosen Real Club de Golf de Sevilla as the venue for this important event.
“It is a great honour to have the best players of The European Tour come to Sevilla to play the course after all the improvements which are being carried out, under the supervision of the course designer José María Olazábal, for the WGC - World Cup later this year.”
Javier Gervás, Director General of Matchgolf Consulting, promoters of the event, said: “We are delighted to organise the Open de Sevilla together with The European Tour at such a short notice at the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla and it will be another challenge which we are sure will be a success and help promote more events in Spain in the future.”
Ken Schofield, Executive Director of The European Tour, said: “We are delighted that the Tour can today announce the introduction of a new €1,000,000 tournament next month and we are sure that our Members will enjoy the visit to Spain and to this wonderful course at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla.
“We would like to express our gratitude to Real Club de Golf de Sevilla for hosting this tournament at very short notice and to the promoter, Javier Gervás of Matchgolf, for helping bring this project to fruition.”
