American golfer Brandt Snedeker plans to get married on October 18, with part of his honeymoon at work in New Zealand.
Snedeker joins Adam Scott of Australia and fellow Americans Anthony Kim, and Hunter Mahan in the new "Kiwi Challenge" to be played from October 27-28 at Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers.
The winner gets US$1.5 million ($2.06 million) from a US$2.6 million total, making it the second-largest payoff in the silly season behind the US$2 million at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.
It's the second attempt this decade to capitalise on the emerging youth in golf.
Unlike the Tommy Bahama Challenge, which didn't last long, this brings together four players in the top 50 who are willing to travel.
Mahan went to Wentworth, England last year for the World Match Play Championship, while Snedeker played last year in Australia.
"It's hard for me to relay the feeling of how excited myself and my fiancee are to visit New Zealand," Snedeker said. "We're getting married right before the Kiwi Challenge, and this will be a honeymoon to remember."
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