Fortune from British Open
DIVOTS
| The Scotsman reported that millionaire Sampson, 51, would be vacating his mansion and hiring it out to entertain corporate clients while they watch world class golf. |
| The eight-bedroom home is just yards from the 17th green and Sampson has arranged for private jets and a fleet of chauffeur-driven Bentleys for the guests. |
| Actors Sir Sean Connery and Hugh Grant, both keen golfers, are rumoured to be among the guests who will get five-star treatment at the £3,000-a-day venue. |
| Match Play |
| The 2004 HSBC World Match Play Championship will be an officially sanctioned tournament on The European Tour International Schedule. The event will also count towards the Volvo Order of Merit and the Official World Golf Ranking Points. |
| The field has also been increased from 12 to 16 for the event to be held at Wentworth Club between October 14-17. There will be eight matches, involving all 16 players on the first day. |
| The matches will be decided over 36 holes. The winner will get the Mark H McCormack Trophy and a £1 million cheque. |
| Ranking for women |
| Women pros will finally have a ranking system of their own. The five major women's professional golf tours recently announced plans to develop a unified world rankings for the 2005 season. |
| The decision was taken at the inaugural World Congress of Women's Golf in New York. The participating Tours were: The Ladies Professional Golf Association, the Ladies European Tour, the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan, the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association and the Australian Ladies Professional Golf. |
| Women at British Open |
| The Weetabix Women's British Open 2007 will become the first women's pro golf event to be held in August two years from now. |
| The 'Home of Golf' has hosted 26 Open Championships and various other pro tournaments but it will be the first for women. The British Open is the only Women's Major to be played outside the US. |
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