Sydney on the cup campaign trail
Peter Stone, The Sydney Morning Herald
September 10, 2006
IT MIGHT be five years away, but Australia’s push to host the 2011 Presidents Cup increases in intensity this week with a visit by Mike Bodney, the US PGA Tour senior vice-president for championship management.
Bodney, no stranger to Australia as he lived in Melbourne for two years before the 1998 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, arrives tomorrow to inspect prospective venues in Sydney and Melbourne.
During the four-day visit, officials from Sydney clubs (Royal Sydney, The Australian, The Lakes and the NSW GC) and their Melbourne counterparts (Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan and the Victoria GC) will talk up the merits of their courses.
If Australia is to host the cup, and Japan is the only other country bidding for the 2011 series, Sydney might have the inside running, as not only has Melbourne hosted the event previously, but the Victorian Government has yet to guarantee financial backing.
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