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 At the end of the news conference, Mr.Thornburn congratulated Handa for receiving the New Zealand Order of Merit for his support of the New Zealand Women's Open in Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake that struck Christchurch.
 The Handa Global Cup was supported by the Japan Golf Tour and endorsed by the Japan Golf Association, the Golf Tournament Promotion Association of Japan Inc., Sankei shimbun Co., The Mainichi Newspapers, The Japan Times, Sankei Sports, Hokkoku Shimbun and others.

Dr.Haruhisa Handa (back row, third from left)
poses with golfers and officials at a news conference.

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 On June 6, Dr.Handa also announced the annual ISPS Handa Global Cup tournament would be held at the Tokinodai Country Club in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, from June 23 to June 26.

 The tournament is the second event following last year's that was held at the Vintage Golf Club in Yamanashi Prefecture from June 25 to 28.

 The ISPS aims to promote three goals: the globalization of golf, charity and contribution to area economies.

 The ISPS Handa Global Cup invited worldly renowned players, including Charl Schwartzel, who won two events this year.

 On the charity front, the ISPS Handa Global Cup donates 5 percent of the prize money for social welfare purposes. This time, besides donation, local elementary and junior high schools sent their students to watch the tournament and visited the media center and other operations of the Handa Global Cup.

 The total amount of the prize were 100 million yen, with the winner taking home 20 million yen.

 

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 The ISPS believes the partnership will further promote uniting the world with golf.
 Global golf tours are now moving to unite together to include the U.S. PGA tour offers the most prize money, and has the most events and draws the largest number of the best players in the world.
 The PGA of Australasia Tour is one of such movement.
 Dr.Handa said, "It's imperative for Japanese golfers to benefit from these international developments and for Japan to also be in a leading position in alliance with the major tours of the world."
 This is the first time the ISPS has supported the entire tour. But it has multiple partial partnerships.
 The ISPS has partnered with tournaments on the European Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia, the PGA, the Japan Golf Tour, Ladies European Tour, Australasian Ladies Professional Gold, LPGA, European Seniors Tour and the Asian Tour.

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 The International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS) has entered an open-ended partnership with the PGA Tour of Australasia. This is a 'groundbreaking' deal which makes Japanese golfers an opportunity to play globally with world-famous top players from around the world.
  The ISPS is well known for organizing golf tournaments for blind golfers and promoting the globalization of the Japanese golf industry. The ISPS will become the 'naming partner' of the PGA Tour of Australasia. 
  Mr.Brian Thornburn, CEO of the PGA of Australasia, said at a news conference, "The support of ISPS of the PGA Tour of Australasia is a significant development for the tour and its players."
  The ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia is the elite tournament destination for profettional golfers in Australasia. It encompasses various events not only in Australia, New Zealand but also in Pacific, with a total budget of around $9 million Australian dollars. The tournaents carry Official World Golf Ranking points. 
  Almost every year, professional golfers compete for the title of Order of Merit Champion. Greg Norman, Peter Senior, Robert Allenby and Aron Baddeley are those golfers.

ISPS Chairman Dr. Haruhisa Handa (right)
and PGA of Australia CEO Brian Thornburn hold up the logo of the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia
at a news conference in Tokyo on June 6.

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