The European Tour is committed to celebrating the game of golf...from the origins of the professional game, building a proud history of achievement and sportsmanship, to showcasing today's global talent and rich landscapes. Embracing the world and combining championships of tradition with new tournaments in the cities and countries of the future.
Celebrating Golf
The European Tour Order of Merit was replaced by The Race to Dubai from the 2009 season leading to the end of season Dubai World Championship (8-11 December, 2011). In The Race to Dubai, the players will be ranked according to their earnings from all events on The European Tour International Schedule including all European Tour events, the Major Championships and the World Golf Championships.
The number 1 to 60 Tour players at the end of the season qualify to play in the Dubai World Championship and vie for the US$7,500,000 prize fund. The Race to Dubai also delivers an additional Bonus Pool of US$7,500,000 to the 15 top-ranked players after the Dubai World Championship.
KGT is the governing body and representative group for Korean professional golfers. In this function it organises, stages and sanctions tournaments for professional golfers which are currently known as the Korea Professional Golf Tour Corp. which has been established by the KPGA.
KGT have held more than 20 events named "Korean Tour" every year, which sums up to USD 12 million of total prize money. It aims to be one of the five major tours standing shoulder to shoulder with other tours through close cooperation and friendship with them around the world. Together with Korean Tour, they have held around 60 events such as "Champions Tour", "Bear River Tour", "KPGA Academy Tour" and "SBS Golf SKY72 Tour", which are participated in by around four thousand professional golfers every year.
As the official sanctioning body for professional golf in Asia, the Asian Tour leads the development of golf across the region, enhancing the careers of its members while maintaining a commitment to the integrity of the game.
The Asian Tour, through its membership of the International Federation of PGA Tours, is the only recognised pan-Asian professional golf tour in Asia. This unique feature positions the Asian Tour at the pinnacle of professional golf in Asia; providing its events with Official World Ranking status.
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the marketing name for the global banking and global markets businesses of Bank of America and is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world.
Emirates is proud to be the Official Airline of the Ballantine's Championship, which is a great opportunity to consolidate its position as a world force in sports sponsorship. As a leading supporter of golf across the globe, Emirates is the Official Airline of 21 events, which included the 2010 Ryder Cup, while in 2012 it is the Official Partner of the European Team. Emirates is committed to the region - also sponsoring the WGC - HSBC Champions, Barclays Singapore Open, the UBS Hong Kong Open, Malaysian Open, Thailand Open, as well as the Japan Open Golf Championship (Men's, Ladies and Seniors). Emirates extends its support of golf by allowing passengers to check in a set of golf clubs free of charge - in addition to their normal checked baggage allowance - in any class of service on all of its flights. It is one of the world's fastest growing airlines, flying to over 100 destinations with 152 wide-bodied aircraft. In 2009, Emirates launched its flagship A380 to Seoul and will add to its ever-expanding network with a number of new routes in 2011, including Geneva and Basra.
Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Company has been manufacturing and exporting various types of vehicles (passenger cars, RVs, commercial vehicles) to approximately 190 countries worldwide, since its first Korean car, the Hyundai Pony, enjoyed massive commercial success in 1976.
In 1991, Hyundai Motor Company had contributed to localization of automobile device technology in Korean automotive industry by developing the first self-developed engines and transmissions, key components of vehicles
Leading the Korean automotive industry and the whole economy, Hyundai Motor Company has been drastically expanded its range of influence to the whole globe through investing in manufacturing plants in the North America, Czech Republic, Pakistan, China and Turkey as well as R&D centers in Europe, Asia, North America and the Pacific Rim.
Since its establishment, Hyundai Motor Company has placed customer satisfaction as its high priority, announcing "innovation for Customers." As a result of its endeavor to become a leading global company considering customers' satisfaction, Hyundai Motor Company was placed in the "Top 100 Global Brand" based on a joint study conducted by the annual Business Week add Interbrand survey in 2005. Further to that, Hyundai Motor steadily climbed the ranks to the "Top 60 Global Brand" by enhancing Hyundai's brand image through high quality products and unique marketing initiatives during the downturn in the automotive market.
With the spirit of creative challenge, Hyundai Motor will strive to create a more affluent lifestyle for humanity, and contribute to the harmony and co-prosperity with customers in the automobile industry.
The prestige watch manufacturer OMEGA was founded in Switzerland in 1848 and since then has continually set the pace in the many fields of watchmaking, from sports timekeeping and design awards to watches for professional use in space or underwater.
OMEGA is closely associated with a world of achievements including the conquest of space, timekeeping at 23 Olympic Games and numerous precision records as well as the launch in 1999 of the revolutionary Co-Axial calibre, one of the 20th century's major innovations in mechanical watchmaking designed with the English master watchmaker George Daniels.
OMEGA was Official Timekeeper for the 23rd time at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, to be followed by Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games.