THE lucrative summer portion of the Vodacom Tour was announced on Thursday with one significant change to last year’s schedule, which will ensure that the local golfing public are treated to more of the biggest names in world golf. The six-tournament schedule, the prize money for which will be announced later, features the Vodacom Players’ Championship being played the week after the Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge in December. This marks the first time in several years that a Vodacom Tour event will be played at this time. The reasoning behind this is that several of the illustrious 12-man field, including Ernie Els, will be able to make the trip to the Royal Cape Golf Club for the second event on the local tour. –MWP