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Gladstone, N.J. – Octagon and Sybase, Inc. today announced that
the Sybase® Match Play Championship, an official LPGA event, will return
from May 16 through 22, 2011 to Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone.
The 2011 Championship will mark the second year of a three-year
agreement between Octagon, Sybase and Hamilton Farm.
In May 2010, Sun Young Yoo won the inaugural Sybase Match Play
Championship by defeating Angela Stanford 3&1 in the final match.
Yoo completed six matches over four days to win the trophy and a
$375,000 payday at Hamilton Farm Golf Club. With the victory, Yoo
became a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour.
“We are pleased with Sybase’s long-time commitment to supporting the
LPGA,” said Tournament Executive Director Andy Bush. “Thanks to the well
received venue at Hamilton Farm and our new format, our ticket
promotions received more than double the response of previous years. We
know this area is willing to support the LPGA Tour and we will continue
to grow this event corporately and in the community moving forward.”
Sybase has had a long-standing partnership with the LPGA Tour. It previously was the title sponsor of the Sybase Classic from 2001 through 2009.
The Sybase Match Play Championship features 64 of the top LPGA Tour professionals competing one-on-one in a bracket-style format for a $1.5-million purse. The match play format creates the excitement of head-to-head golf that is not found in traditional tournament stroke play.
“With the success of the inaugural Sybase Match Play Championship this year, our team is looking forward to having the LPGA Tour back for 2011,” said Timothy M. Bakels, Hamilton Farm Golf Club General Manager & COO. “The players really enjoyed playing both our Highlands Tournament Course and our Hickory Par-3 Course during the Chairman’s Challenge.”
Hamilton Farm Golf Club is located less than an hour from New York City. It has been recognized twice as a Platinum Club of America by the Club Leaders Forum. The Club’s facilities include 36 holes of golf designed by renowned course architects Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry. Hamilton Farm is home to the nation’s only USGA rated 18-hole par-3 course that Ron Whitten, Architecture Editor of Golf Digest, calls “one of the best par-3 courses in America.” For more information about Hamilton Farm Golf Club, please contact Membership Director Erin Walsh at (908) 901-4129 or ewalsh@hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.
For more information on the Cottages at Hamilton Farm, please contact Tim Bakels at (908) 901-4055 or tbakels@hamiltonfarmgolfclub.com.