Super star amateur golfer Curtis Luck has
secured an early Christmas present with an invitation to compete in the ISPS
HANDA World Super 6 Perth.
Super star amateur golfer Curtis Luck has
secured an early Christmas present with an invitation to compete in the ISPS
HANDA World Super 6 Perth.
Arguably Western Australia’s most
successful golfer in 2016, Luck will tee it up in the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of
Australasia and European Tour co-sanctioned tournament when it is played at
Lake Karrinyup Country Club from 16-19 February 2017.
It has been a breakthrough year for Luck,
who started his run of form winning the WA Open on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of
Australasia before going on to win two of the world’s biggest amateur
tournaments; the U.S. Amateur Championship and the Asia-Pacific Amateur
Championship.
Thanks to these two big wins, Luck has
earned himself a place at Augusta National in April for the Masters Tournament
but before he gets there he will take on the world’s best in his home town for
the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth.
"I am pumped to have been given an invite
into the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth. Ever since the format was announced
earlier in the year I had been hoping I would get the opportunity to play,"
said Luck, who is the second highest ranked amateur golfer in the world.
"To play a professional tournament of this
calibre in front of my friends and family is going to be something very special.
"But it is also a good chance for me to
test my game against the world’s best and continue to fine tune it ahead of the
Masters."
For Luck, who is on the path to becoming a
professional, the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth also offers a chance to extend
his career opportunities.
The winner of the combined stroke play and
match play tournament will become fully exempt onto the European Tour until the
end of the 2018 season.
"I would love to win the ISPS HANDA World
Super 6 Perth, not just so I am the first ever champion, but also so that when
I do turn pro, I already have a card onto one of the biggest tours in the
world," added Luck.
"I am pretty sure this would be the aim for
almost every Aussie competing at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in February."
Luck has earned plenty of fans in Western
Australia throughout 2016, not only for his exceptional play but the way he
conducts himself off the course picking up plenty of accolades in recent times.
"Curtis is a wonderful talent and young man
who we are proud to provide a position in the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth.
His play speaks for itself and he is truly deserving of this opportunity," said
Stephen Ayles, Chief Commercial Officer for the PGA of Australia.
"The ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth is a
collaborative effort of the entire Perth golf community of which Curtis is the
undoubted star; we believed it was important that, as a Perth local, Curtis was
given the opportunity to compete in the professional tournament being played in
his home town."
Luck will join World Number 8 Patrick Reed
and World Number 9 Alex Noren at the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth and if he
makes it through to the match play on Sunday would be a fierce competitor
having won his U.S. Amateur title following a 6&4 victory.
The ISPS HANDA World Super 6
Perth will be played at Lake Karrinyup Country Club from 16-19 February and
will form part of both the 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai and the ISPS HANDA
PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit.
To see World Number 8 Patrick
Reed and World Number 9 Alex Noren in action at the ISPS HANDA World Super 6
Perth please visit Ticketmaster to book your tickets.
The ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth is proudly
supported by the West Australian Government via Tourism WA.