The Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown was a professional
golf tournament that was held 5–8 November 2020 at the
Aphrodite Hills Resort, in
Paphos,
Cyprus. The tournament was contested over 72-holes of
stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...
but featured a novel elimination format.
The tournament, promoted by
International Sports Management
International Sports Management Limited ("ISM") is a sports management agency based in Cheshire, England that represents leading figures from golf. It was founded in 1989 by former European Tour golfer Andrew "Chubby" Chandler. .
Golf clients i ...
, was initially announced as the Cyprus Classic and was intended to be a one-off event on the
European Tour calendar during the
2020 season. It was the second of two tournaments in Cyprus, held the week after the
Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open
The Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open was a professional golf tournament that was held from 29 October – 1 November 2020 at the Aphrodite Hills Resort, in Paphos, Cyprus.
The tournament, promoted by International Sports Management, was the first of ...
at the same venue.
Robert MacIntyre shot a final round 64 to claim the title; one stroke better than
Masahiro Kawamura
is a Japanese professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour, Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour.
Kawamura won his first title in 2013 at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on the Japan Golf Tour, a tournament also co-sanctioned by the Asia ...
.
Format
The Cyprus Showdown was contested over 72-holes of
stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...
but featured a novel elimination format. The players with the lowest 32 scores after 36-holes progressed, however their scores were not carried forward. After a further 18 holes, the top 16 players qualified through to the final round, for which the scores were reset again.
Winners
References
External links
Coverage on European Tour official site
Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in Cyprus
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