AIG has added to its long term partnership with Golf Ireland by becoming the official sponsor of the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship, which takes place in Ballybunion, County Kerry, this weekend.
AIG already proudly sponsor a number of prominent Golf Ireland tournaments and competitions, including the AIG Men’s Irish Amateur Close Championship. AIG are also the long-standing sponsor of the biggest amateur golf competition in Ireland, the AIG Men’s and Women’s Cups and Shields tournaments that involves every club across Ireland. It sponsors the AIG Women’s British Open, one of the four Majors in the sport.
It is also a statement of the brand’s long term commitment to supporting Women in Sport. Its sponsorship of the AIG Irish Open Men’s Tennis tournament was contingent on the revival of the Irish Women’s Open in parallel. Its partnership with Dublin GAA extends over each of the four codes of Gaelic Games and it has been a partner of Sport for Business in our Game Changer mentoring programme.
One of its key partnership values is to promote that the effort, commitment and dedication of leading sportswomen is equal to that of their male counterparts.
The AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship will be contested by more than 70 of the country’s top women’s amateur players at Ballybunion Golf Club, which is consistently rated as one of the best courses in the country.
“The addition of the women’s Irish amateur close links up with our existing support for the AIG Men’s Irish Amateur Close Championship,” said AIG Ireland General Manager Aidan Connaughton.
“We have been proudly sponsoring and supporting Irish amateur golf for over 20 years taking great pride in supporting both the men’s and women’s games. This reflects and aligns with the core AIG brand, diversity, equity and inclusion values along with supporting the communities and people we serve.”
“Golf Ireland have long enjoyed the partnership of AIG and we are delighted to be able to announce the sponsorship of the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship, which further strengthens our ties<," added Mark Kennelly, CEO of Golf Ireland. "It is sure to be a brilliant competition in Ballybunion, with Ireland’s best amateur women’s golfers battling it out for the prestigious prize. We would like to thank AIG for their ongoing support for Irish golf."
AIG and Golf Ireland are among the 250+ members of the Sport for Business network of sporting and business organisations working together across a number of key areas.
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