OMEGA European Masters 2016
30.08.2016

One of the most spectacular stops on the European Tour, the Omega European Masters returns to Crans-sur-Sierre for the 70th consecutive time. Danny Willett will play to defend his title while four Swiss PGA players have received a wildcard:

• Joel Girrbach
• Marc Dobias
• Raphael de Sousa
• Luca Galliano

2016 is the 70th year that this prestigious event will have been hosted at Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, making it the longest running golf tournament at the same venue in Europe and second in the world after the Masters at Augusta National.

Danny Willett will play to defend his title having won last year’s red jacket and coveted trophy competing against fellow Britons and Ryder Cup teammates Chris Wood, Andy Sullivan and Matt Fitzpatrick, as well as Lee Westwood, USA’s Bryson DeChambeau and Spain’s Miguel Ángel Jiménez.

The Swiss PGA will be represented by the four playing members leading the 2016 ASGI Order of Merit.

From Friday to Sunday the Swiss PGA will represented by Board Members as well as the General Secretary. Everybody is welcome to drop by at the Swiss PGA desk located in the ASG display stand.

At almost 1'500m above sea level, the stunning surroundings of the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland provide some of the most majestic views for golfers and fans alike on the European Tour.

The Omega European Masters will be staged for the 70th time at the stunning Alpine venue, and will remain host until 2022 after the existing deal with title sponsors Omega was extended by five years.

• Danny Willett will be looking to make a successful defence of the Omega European Masters he won in 2015. Should he be victorious again he would become the first player to achieve this feat since Seve Ballesteros (1977-78). He will also be looking for an Omega double, having already won the 2016 Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
• Should the Masters Tournament Champion win for a second season in a row, he would become the first Englishman to win the same European Tour event in back-to-back years since Luke Donald (2011-2012 BMW PGA Championship).
• In 2010 Miguel Angel Jiménez won his first Omega European Masters title at the 22nd attempt. This was a then European Tour record for a player competing in the same event the most times before winning it for the first time. He then broke his own record, winning the Open de España in 2014 at the 27th time of asking.
• The Omega European Masters, staged at Crans-sur-Sierre, has the distinction of being the only venue to hold a European Tour event in every season since 1972. The 2016 edition will be the 45th since 1972, the Tour’s first season. The venue has hosted the tournament every year it has been played since 1939.
• The Omega European Masters is the only European Tour event staged in Europe which is jointly-sanctioned. The tournament has become part of the Asian Tour schedule since 2009.

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