The Friday 13 December event will feature Aussies Tony Coates, Shane Luke, Geoff Nicholas, Cameron Pollard, Stephen Prior and Mike Rolls, and will be staged immediately following the Presidents Cup’s second session of play at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

ISPS HANDA, the Official Australian Charity for the Presidents Cup, are long-term advocates for the promotion of blind and disabled golf and will be supporting this event as it is staged at Presidents Cup for the first time.  

The ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup will showcase golf’s inclusive design with players sharing the same test as the professional golfers participating in the Presidents Cup. 

The ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup will take place across 10 holes of the Composite Course from Nos. 1-4, 11-16 and will mirror the Presidents Cup format on the same tees and same course conditions.

This invitational competition will be golf’s opportunity to showcase the world’s leading players with a disability (WR4GD). The WR4GD is a pan disability ranking system administered jointly by The R&A and USGA through World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).

“The Presidents Cup is proud to host the world’s top golfers with a disability as they showcase their incredible skills against one another in the ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup, “said Presidents Cup Executive Director Matt Kamienski.

“We can all draw a lot of inspiration from watching these athletes compete and we wish them the best as they put their games to the test on a global scale in front of the top professionals in the game at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club.”

ISPS HANDA has been a leading voice in gathering support for the inclusion of disabled golf in the Paralympics, an initiative that is supported by the PGA TOUR and International Federation of PGA Tours. 

To continue to raise awareness of this initiative, ISPS HANDA will also host Blind and Disabled golf exhibitions at the 2020 and 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions.

“ISPS HANDA is delighted to be the Official Australian Charity of the Presidents Cup and Sponsor of the ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup, taking center stage at the famed Royal Melbourne straight after play by the professionals on Friday,” said Dr. Haruhisa Handa, Founder and Chairman of ISPS HANDA.

The ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup contestants will play in three groups of four, at 10-minute intervals, following play.

Ten of the twelve ISPS HANDA Disabled Golf Cup athletes will compete in Sydney the week before the Presidents Cup in the second-ever Australian All Abilities Championship in conjunction with the Australian Open.