With the expectation for a larger-scale and more exciting tournament, the organizer, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam has designed the MercedesTrophy as a weekend event by a series of side activities to attract many golfers. In addition, accompanying with this tournament is the participations of 3 sponsors: famous wine brand Johnnie Walker, prestigious Liberty Insurance and the world’s leading mobile device manufacturer Nokia.
First Vietnamese professional golfer Tran Le Duy Nhat also joins the tournament with an important role in the golf clinic. Golfers will have opportunity to discover a series of professional golf skills from this 20-year-old talent through exercises putting, swing, etc. Mr. Duy Nhat is known as the top-50-Asian golfer in the region and is currently the best PGA. His swing speed is said to reach to 126 miles per hour, which is almost the same as world’s No.1 Tiger Woods.
In addition, there will be a performance of a famous long-drive professional Jean Daniels with a trick demonstration and golf skill training on certain tournaments. Since 1997 he has been doing trick shot and long drive demonstration for over 300 different corporate and private companies around the world.
Besides the golf activities, Mercedes-Benz Vietnam also brings many of its top-of the-line models to the golf courses for exciting driving experience. On the tournament day at Thu Duc golf club on 12 December, over 300 golfers and journalists had chances to experience Mercedes-Benz latest models which have just been introduced in Vietnam like S300, E300 sedan, GLK 4MATIC, and especially the "greenest car" produced in Vietnam C250 CGI using BlueEfficiency technology. Legendary 1963 Mercedes 220 (w111), 1963 Mercedes 230sl (w113), 1965 Mercedes 220 S (w111) also joined the test drive. The past and present of cutting-edge technologies together relive a great innovation of German auto industry, adding more interesting atmosphere to the golf tournament.