The Fancourt Resort Hotel Partners with Rolex

FANCOURT PARTNERS WITH ROLEX

Fancourt South Africa has announced a brand new association with the prestigious international watchmaker, Rolex. The first partnership of its kind in Southern Africa, Rolex has designed 10 clocks which are strategically positioned for golfers’ time-keeping convenience around the estate, including at the Fancourt Clubhouse, The Links, Montagu and Outeniqua golf courses, as well as on all practice and warm up facilities.

The relationship between Rolex and golf has continued to grow since its inception in 1967, and today, the Rolex brand is one of golf’s leading supporters worldwide. This luxury brand not only sponsors professional tours, competitions and athletes from around the world, but is a key partner to the world’s greatest golfing events, including The Masters, The US Open, The Open Championship, The Ryder Cup and The Presidents Cup.



Brand Ambassadors for Rolex within the game of Golf include our own Retief Goosen (an honorary members of The Links), and Trevor Immelman, as well as other legends of the game and golfing greats like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Martin Kaymer, Adam Scott and Luke Donald.

With the new Fancourt association, Rolex brings the partnership to the home of one of its own, Gary Player, who originally designed all three of Fancourt’s lauded golf courses. Gary Player continues to endorse the iconic Rolex brand after more than a decade of sponsorship.

Sales and Marketing Director of Fancourt, Carl Reinders expressed his enthusiasm at the joint venture: ‘Rolex is an elite, prestigious and recognized brand in the golfing world internationally, and this partnership with Fancourt is a perfect association between two premium and internationally respected brands‘.

Rolex is also a partner to the two largest international professional golfing bodies, namely the US PGA Tour (Professional Golfers’ Association of America) and the European Tour, supporting both women’s and men’s professional golf.

About The Fancourt Resort Hotel

From a simple family home built in 1859, the Fancourt estate now spans over 600 hectares, and is an internationally sought-after leisure and lifestyle destination. The ultimate in relaxation and comfort for everyone, from golf enthusiasts to the spa visitor, right in the heart of the beautiful Garden Route. Beautifully manicured gardens and estate grounds – all maintained with impeccable attention to detail – not only provide an unparalleled leisure experience, but also a breathtaking landscape. At Fancourt every measure is taken to ensure your stay is nothing short of unforgettable.

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Volvo Golf Champions At The Links

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The Garden Route will set the scene for one of the world’s biggest golfing events ever to take place on South African soil. The Links at Fancourt plays host to the Volvo Golf Champions between 19 and 22 January 2012. Recognised as one of the world’s finest golfing events, locals, tourists, fans and celebrities alike will gather in George to watch the world’s top golfing talent in action.

Players already confirmed for the event include local superstars, Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen and Retief Goosen. The international contingent includes Colin Montgomerie, Matteo Manassero, Tom Lewis, Thomas Bjorn, Paul Casey and the current open champion Darren Clarke, while Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer, Rory Mcllroy and Miguel Angel Jimenez are eligible to play, and are still to confirm their attendance.

Featuring only those players who won on the 2011 European Tour and who have 10 or more European Tour career wins, the event will chase a first prize of approximately R3.8 million. With a total prize fund in the region of R22 million, the Volvo Golf Champions at Fancourt will be the first solely-sanctioned European Tour event of 2012. 

The event will offer spectators a four day feast of golf in the spectacular surrounds of The Links, recently voted the number one course in South Africa by Golf Digest. Since opening in 2000, The Links has consistently featured amongst the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World, and has hosted many prestigious golf tournaments, including the Presidents Cup, Ladies World Cup, SA Open and Berenberg Bank Senior Masters.  

The Volvo Golf Champions can now proudly be added to this list, and ranks right up there with The Presidents Cup in terms of the quality of field that will grace the fairways of The Links, with no less than 40 European Tour Champions participating.

South African charity Star for Life will benefit from the event, receiving 25% of the event ticket and programme sales revenue. Star for Life is a HIV prevention programme with the desire to ‘build attitudes and change behaviours in the youth, and empowering them to realize their dreams of a better future’.

Tickets for the Volvo Golf Champions are available from Computicket, as well as at the gates (main Fancourt entrance) daily. Gates will open at 07:30 on the Friday, and at 09:00 on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.