The Tournament of Hope is a proposed golf

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 tournament to take place in South Africa

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, which is planned to annually occur starting in 2012. The Tournament of Hope will be the fifth World Golf Championship event

World Golf Championships

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 (WGC) with a planned purse of US$

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10 million, which at its announcement in April 2011 was richer than any other golf event. The initial contract for the tournament is for five years. This would be the second active World Golf Championships event outside the United States (HSBC Champions

HSBC Champions

The WGC-HSBC Champions is a men's professional golf 72-hole tournament. It has been contested annually since 2005 in November at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. In April 2009 it was announced that the tournament had been awarded World Golf Championships status,...

 is held in China

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).

The proposed week of the tournament is the first week of December (summer in South Africa). If this week is used, then the Tournament of Hope will conflict with the Chevron World Challenge (hosted by Tiger Woods

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 and sponsored by the United States

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 PGA Tour

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) and the Nedbank Golf Challenge

Nedbank Golf Challenge

The Nedbank Golf Challenge is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, North West province, South Africa. It is not an official money event for any of the major tours, and like many high profile unofficial tournaments in professional golf it...

 (sponsored by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour

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).