The Robe di Kappa Ladies European Tour (LET) has introduced the new tournament for the 2005 season. It will be the first time in its history that the LET has visited Finland as part of the tournament schedule and the event will take place at the Tali course at Helsinki Golf Club from August 26 to 28, 2005.
The Ladies Finnish Masters will carry a minimum prize fund of B200,000 and will also form part of the Nordic-wide Volvo Cross Country Challenge.
Infront Nordic is responsible for contractual arrangements with the golf course, the broadcast of the event (with YLE) and all marketing and sponsorship arrangements.
Ian Randell, chief executive of the Ladies European Tour, said: “I am delighted that we can add another event in the Nordic region to complement our existing events in Sweden and our new event in Denmark.
“The new Ladies Finnish Masters forms one of the cornerstones of the development of the women’s game on a pan-European scale - it was always our ambition to build a complete Nordic element leading up to The Solheim Cup in 2007, which Finland is co-hosting with the other Nordic nations.”
The Ladies Finnish Masters forms part of the Nordic-wide Volvo Cross Country Challenge, with its bonus pool of $100,000 for events in the region, with the added bonus of $1million should any player win all of the Volvo Cross Country Challenge events.
