"IMG’s vast tournament experience in Australia a valuable asset as event returns to Royal Melbourne Golf Club"

Since he'll go wherever IMG tells him to go, maybe this is a move to ensure Anthony Kim shows up at Royal Melbourne in 2011?

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR has named IMG as the operations partner for The Presidents Cup 2011, which will be held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 17-20, 2011.  IMG will work in concert with the PGA TOUR’s Championship Management staff and be responsible for all on-site event operational components for this prestigious international golf competition.  IMG owns, operates or manages nearly 40 tournaments around the world including the Australian Masters.

“IMG’s extensive experience in operating tournaments around the world, and specifically in Australia, will be a valuable asset to the TOUR as The Presidents Cup returns to Royal Melbourne Golf Club,” said Matt Kamienski, executive director of The Presidents Cup. “The Victorian Government and people of Melbourne hosted a first-class event in 1998 and everyone involved looks forward to another exciting event down under in two years.”

“Australia is one of the strongest golf markets in the world and hosting The Presidents Cup again in 2011 will continue to boost the popularity of the sport there,” said Robbie Henchman, Senior Vice President for IMG, and Director of IMG Golf’s Asia-Pacific region. “IMG is very pleased to be working with the PGA TOUR, and it is an honor to assist in making the return of this world-class event to Australia a huge success.”

Comments

[Pickworth]

Come on, guys, get down here, the photographers are waiting outside the casino. By the way there's no water, public transport, housing stock or green electricity so ignore those protests in 2011, won't you.

[Mike T.]

So if IMG is going to do the heavy lifting onsite, what duties will the PGA TOUR execs be responsible for? The heavy hors d' oeuvres and cocktail glass lifting?

[OWGR Fan]

Will IMG hold another tree planitng ceremony with AK (if he makes the PC team) in Australia?

[Aunt Blabbie]

IMG hasn't imploded yet?

[Longy]

Ossie Pickworth
Not very nationalistic of you. Not my problem though if Melbourne is a basket case. We've got a pretty good McKenzie course here in pristine Adelaide that will do the trick....and we wouldn't need IMG to run it for us either.

[Pickworth]

do you have houses to live in too? Melbourne's popolation is growing by 1,500 people per week.

[Longy]

All our rejects.
We have plenty of houses.

[Sharkbait]

IMG's vast experience in ruining the Masters for the last dozen years?

I wonder how much of last year's huge profits courtesy of the Victorian taxpayer have been put aside for future years?