The most expected golf tournament of the year – the MercedesTrophy season 2010 – 2011 moved up to the final country qualification to release the best 7 golfers playing on Sea Links Golf Club Phan Thiet on the 9th of July 2010. The Vietnam Final game was also a special occasion of the company to introduce Mercedes Card, the first of its kind in auto market, as a newly added benefit to Mercedes-Benz customers on the occasion of the brand’s 125 year anniversary.
Competing against 96 players from 21 golf clubs throughout Vietnam to overcome each exclusive challenge of 18 holes at Sealink golf course, those 7 best golfers who are also Mercedes owners secured their place in the next round - Asian Final in Queensland, Australia on 24th – 26th August 2011. One best player among those 7 then will be selected for the World Final 2011 in Germany on 2nd September.
7 Winners of Mercedes Cup (announced in the Award Ceremony)
Division A (Handicap 0-12)
Hoang Quan – Winner
Nguyen Ba Canh- 1st runner-up
Division B (Handicap 13-20)
Vu Ngoc Hung - Winner
Banh Duc Phong -1st runner-up
Division C (Handicap 21-28)
Van Sy Thuy - Winner
Pham Ngoc Hieu -1st runner-up
Division D Ladies
Nguyen Thi Van Anh
Mr Martin Schulz – Sales & Marketing Director of Mercedes-Benz Vietnam shared: “Sealinks, which is in the coastal town of Mui Ne with a linkstyle golf course will help the winners to be better prepared to compete in Australia and represent Vietnam in the World final due to the similarity of Sealink and courses that they will play in Australia.
We also take this occasion to introduce Mercedes Card, the first of its kind in auto market as the exclusive benefits to our customers offered by Mercedes-Benz in partnership with Techcombank.”