The Asian Tour and Ladies European Tour (LET) have jointly announced two exciting new mixed tournaments in Thailand.
Trust Golf will host the Asian Mixed Cup and the Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge as part of the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Series.
The tournaments will see the leading stars on the Asian Tour and LET compete for a total of US$1.5 million in the space of a fortnight.
The innovative events will be played back-to-back on the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club in Pattaya from April 7-10 and April 13-16.
Both events will feature 60 Asian Tour players and 60 LET players, along with 24 sponsor invitations, playing for the same prize fund.
Each tournament will offer a total purse of $750,000, along with world ranking points.
The LET Race to Costa del Sol and Asian Tour Order of Merit points will be awarded to players from their tours.
Dr Prin Singhanart, founder of Thai-based technology enterprise Trust Golf and the Trust Golf Tour, is passionate about innovative golf formats.
With the Thailand Mixed, which will be played later this month, followed by the Asian Mixed next month, Prin hopes to drive the sport towards a World Mixed Championship one day.
Prin said: "I'm always extremely keen on mixed formats as golf is the only sport allowing people of all ages and genders to play together.
"I would like to provide a pathway for Thai talents both male and female. If a female golfer wins outright, she will earn membership to the LET, and if a male golfer wins outright, he will earn membership to the Asian Tour."
Cho Minn Thant, Asian Tour CEO and commissioner, said: "The Asian Tour is extremely excited to add a new format of play to our tournament schedule."