Flogas sponsors Irish Amateur Open Golf Championship
Flogas sponsors Irish Amateur Open Golf Championship
Flogas brand ambassador Cormac Sharvin with John Rooney, managing director of Flogas at the announcement of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open Championship, Royal Dublin Golf Club, Sutton, Dublin. Picture: Golffile | Ken Murray
Flogas has joined forces with the Golfing Union of Ireland to become the new title sponsor of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open Championship, Ireland’s premier men’s amateur golf tournament. A Championship which has witnessed victories by the greatest names in Irish amateur golf during its 124-year history, the Flogas Irish Amateur Open Championship takes place at Royal Dublin from 5-8 May 2016. Boasting a stellar international field and with a roll of honour that includes major champions such as Padraig Harrington and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, it is Ireland’s blue ribbon amateur golfing event.
Flogas has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal, beginning with this year’s tournament at Royal Dublin and continuing into 2017 and 2018, when the Irish Amateur Open Championship will be staged at the world famous links at Royal County Down.
John Rooney, managing director of Flogas Ireland said:
"We are excited to come on board as title sponsor for this great Championship. Flogas has a long and rich tradition of supplying golf clubs and their members with LPG or Natural Gas requirements, so it felt right that we should invest something back in this great game. We operate on an all-Ireland basis, just like the Golfing Union of Ireland, and we are the only energy company that can offer all the benefits of gas to our commercial customers, whether they are on or off the Natural Gas grid.”
As an added incentive for this year’s winner at Royal Dublin, a place in the DDF Irish Open at The K Club awaits. Pat Finn, CEO of the Golfing Union of Ireland, welcomed the announcement, saying:
“We are delighted to welcome Flogas on board as the new sponsor of Ireland’s leading amateur golf Championship. The Irish Amateur Open Championship has gone from strength to strength since its re-introduction in 1995 and the support of Flogas will help the GUI to build on that success.”
Flogas Ireland, part of DCC Energy LPG, is a leading supplier of LPG and Natural Gas in Ireland and Britain. Employing 160 people, Flogas services a diverse range of market sectors and applications including the industrial, commercial, domestic, catering, agricultural and automotive markets.