Grand prize trip to Hawaii for the Sony Open in January 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2010) – With excitement heating up on the Nationwide Tour and players jockeying to finish in THE 25 on the money list to earn their PGA TOUR cards, Golf Channel announced today the launch of the Nationwide Tour Fantasy Challenge online consumer promotion – www.GolfChannel.com/nationwidetourfantasy.
Following a classic “Survivor” fantasy format, the Nationwide Tour Fantasy Challenge will allow players to choose a different Nationwide Tour professional each week from THE 25. Players will earn the equivalent number of points based on the professional’s earnings for the week. The fantasy player who accumulates the highest number of points for the entire campaign will win a grand prize trip to Hawaii to attend the Sony Open in Hawaii in January, 2011, where many of THE 25 will make their first PGA TOUR starts of the season.
The Nationwide Tour Fantasy Challenge champion will receive flight, hotel and passes for two to the Sony Open in Hawaii, along with $500 spending cash. The grand prize also will include credentials for the Oceanside Skybox hospitality venue on-course for all four rounds of the tournament, autograph memorabilia, a meet and greet session with Nationwide Tour and PGA TOUR professional and a Cleveland Golf Launcher DST Driver among other prizes. The top-25 finishers at the end of the campaign also will receive prizes courtesy of Cleveland Golf or Golf Channel.
The nine-week fantasy challenge starts today with the Mylan Classic presented by CONSOL Energy and will end Sunday, Oct. 31 with the conclusion of the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. Weekly prizes also will be awarded throughout the duration of the promotion, courtesy of Golf Channel and the Nationwide Tour.
The Nationwide Tour Fantasy Challenge is open now for players to register and choose their fantasy golf pro partners at www.GolfChannel.com/nationwidetourfantasy.
About Golf Channel
Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla. The Golf Channel cable network, co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. Exclusive partnerships with the world’s top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, added to a programming schedule distinguished by golf’s best news, instruction and original programming. Golf Channel’s digital platform of businesses is led by www.GolfChannel.com, a leading golf destination on the Internet, delivering unmatched coverage of the world of golf, as well as services that help the recreational player with how to play, what to play and where to play golf.
About the Nationwide Tour
Founded (1990), owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, the Nationwide Tour identifies those players who are ready to compete and win on golf’s biggest stage. As the official proving ground of the PGA TOUR, two out of three PGA TOUR members are Nationwide Tour alumni. Tour alumni have won 282 PGA TOUR titles, including 13 majors and four PLAYERS Championships. Twenty-five PGA TOUR cards will be at stake over the course of 29 events in 2010. Recognizing the Tour’s growing stature, Nationwide Insurance has renewed its umbrella sponsorship of the Nationwide Tour through 2012. The PGA TOUR, through the efforts of its three tours and their tournaments, sponsors, players and volunteers, supports over 2,000 local charities and has surpassed $1.5 billion in charitable giving. To learn more about the PGA TOUR and Nationwide Tour and to follow the season-long quest for a PGA TOUR card, visit PGATOUR.COM.
Contact:
Jeremy Friedman
Golf Channel Public Relations
407-355-4058
jfriedman@golfchannel.com
Jeff Adams
Nationwide Tour
904-273-3397
jeffadams@pgatourhq.com
Matt Clark
Dan Klores Communications
212-981-5158
matt_clark@dkcnews.com
