Players Compete for More Than $90,000 in Prizes at Premier Clubs Throughout Ontario
(TORONTO) – Golf Town – Canada’s largest golf retailer with unequaled selection and competitive prices at 38 locations coast to coast – announces the 2008 Golf Town Amateur Tour, April 29-September 30, featuring stops at premier clubs throughout Ontario including Devil’s Pulpit, Georgian Bay Club, North Halton, Piper’s Heath and The Rock.
Having increased its membership 100 percent each season, the Golf Town Amateur Tour is open to players with handicaps up to 22 and features 15 one-day events, including two majors and a final championship at The Georgian Bay Club, September 22-23.
At each tournament, the field is broken into four divisions based on skill level and limited to 120 entrants, who compete for nearly $4,000 in Golf Town gift cards, as well as points in the season-long Order of Merit competition. To view a complete schedule of events or register for the Tour, golfers can visit www.golftowntour.com.
"The Golf Town Amateur Tour is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for participants to play in a well-organized, competitive event series," says Stephen Bebis, President and CEO of Golf Town. "The Tour furthers our role as a centre of the Canadian golfing community by bringing together passionate amateurs at marquee courses throughout Ontario."
In addition to Golf Town gift cards awarded to the top four finishers in each division, every tournament will feature random drawings for prizes that include TaylorMade clubs, ECCO golf shoes, Sky Caddie units and dinner for two at il fornello. The Order of Merit winners will be crowned at the Tour Banquet on September 30, based on points earned by Tour members during their best six showings in the season’s first 14 events.
"The Tour has become the country’s most popular amateur series, and provides golfers with several opportunities to compete throughout the season, as opposed to a single club championship," says Mark Young, President of Canadian Golf Tours Inc., organizer of the Golf Town Amateur Tour. "It is an excellent way for players of all handicaps to forge their competitive and recreational games."
Golf Town offers an unbeatable selection of the world’s leading golf brands in clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, promotional services and more, such as Adams, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Cleveland, Cobra, Dunning, ECCO, FootJoy, Founders Club, Gordon Cooper, Greg Norman, Honma, Hugo Boss, LaCoste, Liz Claiborne, LIJA, Mizuno, Nike Golf, Odyssey, Ogio, Paradise, Ping, Sun Mountain, TaylorMade adidas Golf, Titleist, Wilson and more.
For more information, please visit www.golftown.com or call 905.479.0343.
About Golf Town
Founded in 1999, Golf Town is Canada’s largest golf retailer with 38 retail centres across the country. With an average size of nearly 18,000 square feet, these superstores serve as sanctuaries where players of all ages and abilities try, buy, learn about and improve their games.
A centre of the Canadian golf community for individuals and organizations, Golf Town guarantees customers find what they want, when they want it at the best price. Each store features all of the major brand-name golf clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, professional services and more.
Golf Town has also established Canada’s leading customer advantage initiative via its Leaderboard Membership Privileges Program. Benefits of this free membership include the chance to win a $500 gift card in a national monthly draw, timely e-newsletters to keep players up to date on the latest and greatest in golf; members-only special offers on equipment, accessories, golf lessons and more; advance notice of new equipment releases and opportunities for private test drives; invitations to exclusive in-store events; in-store exchanges or returns made easier than ever thanks to a member-purchase tracking program; and a special introductory offer just for joining.
Among the largest charitable givers in the Canadian golf industry, Golf Town is an official partner with the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada (www.prostatecancer.ca) in the Drive for a Cure. Through its ‘Chips In’ donation program, the company also supports charitable golf tournaments of all sizes that are devoted to enhancing the lives of children, families and the community.
About The Golf Town Amateur Tour
Owned and operated by Canadian Golf Tours Inc., the Golf Town Amateur Tour is sponsored by Golf Town, TaylorMade Golf, Mazda Canada, Prodigy Headwear, Second Skin/Hollas, Sky Caddie, Sundog Eyewear, ECCO Canada, Fairways Magazine, Eco Golf Tees, NX-G Premium Golf Bags, Howard Johnson Canada, Knights Inn Canada, Nature Valley and il fornello.
For more information on the Golf Town Amateur Tour, please visit www.golftowntour.com.
Contact:
Kevin Satz
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3394
ksatz@billycaspergolf.com
