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Senior, Singh & Manassero add depth to Perth field


The 2016 Perth International will have an impressive depth
of field with India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, Australian legend Peter Senior and
Italian Matteo Manassero confirmed to play at Lake Karrinyup Country Club from
25 to 28 February.

The 2016 Perth International will have an impressive depth
of field with India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, Australian legend Peter Senior and
Italian Matteo Manassero confirmed to play at Lake Karrinyup Country Club from
25 to 28 February.

"MatteoThe tournament will have a field of 156 with players
representing more than 25 different countries. 

Singh was the first Indian player to break into the top-100
of the Official World Golf Ranking and the first player from India to join the
European Tour in 1998.

He has won 20 professional tournaments, is a four-time
winner on the European Tour and two-time winner of the Asian Tour Order of
Merit.   

In January this year Singh captained the Asian Team at the
2016 EurAsia Cup. 

Illustrating that golf is a game for all ages will be Matteo
Manassero, the youngest ever winner on the European Tour who at 17 years won
the 2010 Castello Masters on the European Tour; and Peter Senior who recently
won the Australian Masters at the age of 56. 

Senior’s longevity in the game since he turned professional
in 1979 has seen him win the ‘triple crown’ of Australian titles – the Masters,
Australian Open and Australian PGA – both before and after turning 50. This
will mark his debut appearance at the Perth International. 

The West Australian challenge will be led by five time
European Tour winner Brett Rumford, and dual Australian Open and PGA Champion
Greg Chalmers. Rumford has not missed a Perth International tournament. 

Other WA players include 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia
winners Daniel Fox and Jarryd Felton, four-time winner on the Web.com Tour
Michael Sim, four-time European Tour winner Stephen Leaney and Scott Strange
who secured a spot in the field on the back of his T3 finish at the Oates
Victorian Open. 

Other Australian players of interest in the field include:

* Three-time European Tour winner Richard Green

* Two-time European Tour winners Marcus Fraser and Andrew
Dodt

* European Tour winner and seven-time winner on the Asian
Tour Scott Hend

* Asian Tour winner Wade Ormsby

* 2014 Australian Masters champion Nick Cullen 

Tickets for the Perth International start from $22 and are
available through Ticketmaster.  Children
under 16 gain free entry with a paying adult.

For general event information visit
www.perthinternational.com


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