Bangkok--19 Mar--Spark Communications
Emirates, the Official Airline of Thailand Open 2013, provided an inspiring golf clinic for a group of young talents led by Chris Wood at Thana City Golf & Sports Club.
A keen group of junior golfers from the Thailand Golf Association participated in a one-hour clinic with Chris Wood, who demonstrated shots, shared technical tips and fielded questions from the youngsters who quizzed him on how to make the grade as a professional.
The defending champion was impressed with the skills of the next generation of Thailand golf talent and reinforced the importance of discipline to the group as he believes this is a critical factor for success.
Each of the children was delighted to get personal advice fro m Chris, the winner of Thailand Open 2012 in August last year who has also clinched the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters title in January this year.
In Asia, in addition to Golf Thailand Open, Emirates is the Official Airline of WGC-HSBC Champions (China), Barclays Singapore Open, the Japan Open Golf Championship (Men’s, Ladies and Seniors) and the Malaysian Open, while it extends its support of golf by allowing passengers to check in a set of golf clubs free of charge — in addition to their normal checked baggage allowance — in any class of service on all of its flights.
About Emirates’ Commitment to Golf
As a leading supporter of golf tournaments across the globe, Emirates is the Official Airline of 18 events in 2012, as well as the Official Partner of the European Ryder Cup Team. Ten of the tournaments it sponsors are on the European Tour International Schedule, including the finale event of the season — the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai - the Austrian Open, Alstom Open de France, Avantha Masters (India), Malaysian Open, Irish Open, BMW International Open (Germany), WGC-HSBC Champions (China), Barclays Singapore Open and the Ballantine’s Championship (South Korea), while it also supports the Boeing Classic (USA), Emirates Airline Invitational (UAE), Thailand Open, Australian PGA Championship and the Emirates Australian Open, as well as the Japan Open Golf Championship (Men’s, Ladies and Seniors).
Emirates extends its support of golf by allowing passengers to check in a set of golf clubs free of charge - in addition to their normal checked baggage allowance - in any class of service on all of its flights.
About Emirates and Thailand:
Emirates (www.emirates.com/th), one of the fastest growing international airlines, connects Bangkok to its Dubai hub with 28 weekly flights and, starting from 31st March 2013, will serve the Dubai-Bangkok-Dubai route with 35 flights a week. Serving 129 destinations in 75 countries, the airline reported a net profit of US$ 575 million for the first six months of its current fiscal year, ending 30th September 2012. Emirates operates 197 wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft, including the world’s largest fleet of A380s, and has orders for an additional 202 aircraft, worth more than US$72 billion. Emirates’ partnership with Thailand began in 1990 when it launched flights to Bangkok and ever since it has stimulated trade between the country and points across its network. From March 2013, Emirates will have a weekly cargo capacity of 750 tonnes each way in the belly-hold of the passenger aircraft serving Thailand. The airline has been operating its flagship Airbus A380 on the Bangkok-Dubai and Bangkok-Hong Kong route since 2009 and reinforced its commitment to Thailand with the launch of daily direct flight to Phuket in December 2012. Emirates is also the Official Airline of the Thailand Open golf tournament.
For information and ticket reservations please visit www.emirates.com/th or contact the Reservation Office 02-664 1040.