Warsaw tees off

As part of a six-city tour across Poland, the fifth qualifying round of the Lexus Polish Golfers Championship will be held at the First Warsaw Golf & Country Club in Jabłonna on July 14. The tournament was kicked off in Tri-city on May 26 and went on to Szczecin, Częstochowa, Kraków and Poznań, giving amateur and experienced golfers an equal chance to compete within six handicap flights and qualify for the finals on August 23-25. 

Three players from each handicap flight at each qualifying round will be eligible to play at the finals held at Szczecin's Binowo Park Golf Club, along with five "lucky losers" in each handicap flight chosen from among the most dedicated players - those playing in the majority of qualifying rounds across the country. The six players who win the finals will qualify for the World Golfers Championship to be held in late October in Kuala Lumpur. Poland is one of 20 countries participating in the event, hosted by legends of golf such as Arnold Palmer, Severiano Ballesteros and the founder of the tournament, Sweden's Sven Tumba.

"This is an opportunity for golfers at all levels of the game to even out their chances," says Sławek Piński, director of the Lexus Polish Golfers Championship. "This is a unique chance for anyone to become a world champion in golf at their own handicap level. There are over a dozen world-championship medals already in Polish hands from previous editions of the World Golfer's Championship."

The event will also feature attractions such as a picnic, a golf academy for beginners, celebrity appearances, a fully-supervised fun park for children and the opportunity to test drive new models of Lexus cars.

For more information and to register as a player, log on to www.lexuspgc.pl