Golf legends compete in Hassan II Golf Trophy event in Morocco. The forty eighth Hassan II Golf Trophy and the twenty seventh Lalla Meryem Golf Cup competitions began on Thursday on the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Club in Rabat as a part of the PGA Champions Tour 2024 season.
American golfing legend Steve Pate made his mark at the first day through already main the scoreboard with a solo first-round, thru his 6-under-par 67.
Experienced golfers elderly 50 and over who constructed their golfing careers at the PGA Tour participate within the difficult pink direction event giving lovers the uncommon alternative to look the elite {of professional} golfers international in motion.
This yr’s festival holds 66 most sensible tier avid gamers from the PGA Tour championships. Colin Montgomerie, winner of the 1997 version and 8-time European No. 1, Joakim Haeggman, winner in 2001, José Maria Olazábal, double winner of the Masters, Tom Lehman, winner of the British Open in 1996, in addition to Alex Cejka, winner of the 2023 Senior Open Championship, are a few of the contenders to apply the Canadian Stephen Ames, who can be prepared to shield his identify. Other former champions come with Padraig Harrington, David Toms, and Ernie Els.
The box will even come with iconic avid gamers from the sector of golfing reminiscent of Thomas Bjorn, Captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup group in 2018, American John Daly, double winner of main tournaments, and Spanish Miguel Angel Jiménez, with 13 victories at the PGA Tour Champions.
The Lalla Meryem Cup, a prestigious tournament at the Ladies European Tour (LET), is about to assemble Europe’s most sensible feminine golfers at the blue direction amongst 108 competition, amongst them being Ines Laklalech, winner of the 2022 Lacoste Ladies Open de France, Maha Haddioui, a seasoned LET skilled of eleven years, and the outstanding younger prodigy Sofia Cherif Essakali. At simply 13, Sofia made headlines ultimate yr through turning into the youngest participant ever to make the minimize within the event.