Following the signing of a groundbreaking joint management agreement between Volvo, golf’s most experienced and enduring corporate brand and IMG, the leading sports management company in the world a new chapter for the World Match Play Championship is about to be written under Volvo and IMG’s stewardship.

With the prize fund for the 21st Volvo Masters increased by a quarter-of-a-million Euros to a record €4,250,000, the champion’s share goes up to an unprecedented €708,000 making the winner the first million-dollar man in the long and colourful history of the European Tour’s longest running sponsorship.