Legendary golf player, designer of golf courses, Goodwill Ambassador Jack Nicklaus is among the participants of the competition. This is his company Nicklaus Design has made project and consulting works for construction of the first golf course in Ashgabat.
Jack Nicklaus was called as the Golf Player of the Century and the Golf Player of the Millennium by competent publications dedicated to this captivating game as well as entered the list of ten greatest sportsmen of the century by ESPN sport TV channel version.
Jack Nicklaus’s sport career is five decades during which he won 120 world tournament and received record 18 professional titles.
Andy North, the double winner of USA Open Championship in 1978 and 1985 was a partner of Jack Nicklaus in current competition. Today, after 40 years of his first victory, he is famous by his expert analysis of the most important golf competitions on ABC and ESPN channels.
Counterpart couple included Nick Price, the winner of PGA Championship and British Open Tournament and Larry Nelson, the winner of PGA and USA Open Championship.
Nick Price is a famous golf popularizer who is very competent owing to his role as triple captain of International Team and Presidents’ Golf Cup, which is the main team competition in this sport.
Larry Nelson is famous by his 37 wins in various large golf competitions where seven of them are at the PGA Tour Competitions. In 1981, Nelson won the PGA Championship in Atlantic Athletics Club and in 1983, he was the winner of USA Open Championship.
The match they played in Ashgabat has demonstrated the beauty of golf, its heat and endeavour to win. Hence, the most stubborn fight has expanded at the most complicated last holes.
Impressive infrastructure of the golf course meeting international standards allowed demonstrating high skills of the strikes for coming over different obstacles.These are special sand traps, water ponds, areas with tall grass, which are tried to be avoided by any golf player as it is hard to get out of such places afterwards.
It requires all the skills demonstrated by the participants to avoid such obstacles.
Abnormal for this time of year weather in Turkmenistan added special hint to the game. Strong wind gusts made the players to demonstrate great patience and the virtuosity to handle the club.
Contest for the last, the 18th hole, which is the most difficult one, was the most interesting in the tournament.The intrigue has ended up by the win of Larry Nelson and Nick Price.
They took the lead over the opponents by number of won holes and got the prize check and tournament Cup made in the shape of golf bag with clubs.