Myanmar Tour to expand for 2015

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Mar 27, 2015, 4:22:27 AM3/27/15

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The Myanmar Golf Tour promised to return bigger and better in 2015

But while the number of courses and the overall prize fund for each leg of the tour has increased, amateur and ladies golfers will no longer be competing for a share of the cash.

“I expect a new generation of golfers to rise over the course of this tour,” said U Ko Ko Aye, president of the Myanmar Golf Federation, at a press conference held at Yangon’s Central Hotel.

Each leg of the professional circuit will have a total prize pot of K38,500,000, with the winner taking K3,000,000 and prize money shared among the top 20.

Last year the combined prize pot for all three competitions was less , at K24,600,000, with the top amateur securing K750,000 while the leading lady took home K500,000.

The 2015 tour is the second consecutive year for the competition after it folded in 2011 due to a lack of sponsorship support.