Bridgestone Americas has entered an agreement with the PGA Tour to become title sponsor for the inaugural America’s Golf Cup, a team format event featuring members of PGA Tour Latinoamerica competing alongside PGA Tour stars such as Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar, Angel Cabrera and Andres Romero. The inaugural event will take place at the Pilar Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 20-26.
The tournament format will be two-man teams playing four-ball (best-ball) over 72 holes, with a maximum of 36 teams in the field. Six of those teams will be pre-determined by invitation, while the additional 30 teams will come from the PGA Tour Latinoamerica Order of Merit.
Woods and Kuchar have committed to represent the U.S., while Cabrera and Romerowill will represent Argentina. No other PGA Tour members will be invited to compete.
The countries currently eligible to participate at the Bridgestone America’s Golf Cup are U.S., Peru, Guatemala, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Spain, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and Uruguay. Qualified players will select their partners from the PGA Tour Latinoamerica Order of Merit.
“We believe the Bridgestone America’s Golf Cup will serve as an important platform on which the Latin America region can continue to advance the game of golf and all of its benefits – those that include healthy lifestyles, improved economic development and world-class attention,” said Gabriel Asbun, president of Bridgestone’s Latin America tire division.
