TEMPE, ARIZ., August 9, 2013 – Dixon Golf, manufacturers of the first high performance eco-friendly golf ball, today announce that they are partnering with both the Space Coast Pro Tour (SCPT) and the All-American Gateway Tour (AAGT) to build their professional team.
The partnership presents Dixon Golf as the official golf ball of the Space Coast Pro Tour and the All-American Gateway Tour. In addition, Dixon Golf will be selecting golfers from The BIG Tournament to endorse on the 2013-2014 SCPT and 2013-2014 AAGT.
“We are excited to staff our professional team through these premiere tours,” says William Carey, CEO of Dixon Golf. “The SCPT and AAGT encompass the best of both east and west coast competitive play. With The BIG Tournament being a cumulative national competition, we are confident in finding top-tier golfers to welcome to our team.”
Golfers competing in The BIG Tournament will be eligible for a one-time or One-Year Dixon Golf Endorsement, which includes access to each respective tour.
“The BIG Tournament, presented by Dixon Golf, is encouraging competitive golfers and aspiring pros to play for two things,” says Paul Wang, National Tournament Chair of The BIG Tournament. “First, they play for a charity close to their heart. Second, they play for the opportunity to continue their career efforts with a sponsorship.”
Each individual golfer from the winning two-man BIG Regional team will be awarded The Live Like a Pro Weekend, where they will choose a SCPT or AAGT event to compete in with a one-time Dixon Golf endorsement.
The One-Year Dixon Golf Endorsement will be awarded to each golfer from the first-place BIG National Championship team. This includes shirts, hats, Dixon golf balls per tournament and exemption to each event on the SCPT or AAGT.
This marque partnership marks an innovative approach to provide developmental opportunities to career oriented golfers, while enriching the community in which they live through environmental consciousness and social action.
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Dixon Golf, a Tempe, Ariz. based company, is the world’s only manufacturer of a high performance, eco-friendly family of golf balls. Borne from a desire to limit its impact on the environment, from core to cover, from packaging to production, Dixon Golf is setting a new standard in environmental consciousness. Dixon Golf believes in being socially responsible and donated more than $400,000 to charities in 2012. The Dixon family of golf balls is distributed internationally and conforms to USGA standards. For more information about Dixon Golf, please visit dixongolf.com, www.twitter.com/Dixon_Golf or www.facebook.com/dixongolfballs.
The BIG Tournament: The biggest invitational amateur charity golf tournament in the world. A three-tier process, The BIG Tournament is focused on bringing thousands of golfers together to make a positive impact in their community, both on and off the green. 36 Regional Competitions will feed into the National Championship. 2013 is the inaugural year for the event, which stretches all across America. For more information on the tournament, please visit www.biggesttournament.com
About All-American Gateway Tour
Established in 2001, the All-American Gateway Tour (AAGT) was created to help aspiring PGA TOUR professionals fine-tune their skills in competitive golf tournaments. AAGT has served more than 3,400 players, with 168 AAGT alums currently playing on the Web.com and PGA Tours Golf tour on the west coast and has paid out more than $43 million to players in its’ history. These players represent 32 PGA Tour wins and 78 Web.com Tour wins. Today, AAGT provide the ideal competitive environment as well as significant financial opportunities for aspiring PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour professionals. For more information on sponsorship opportunities or information for the 2013-2014 season, please visit www.aagtgolf.com.
About Space Coast Gateway Tour
The original SCPT was played throughout central Florida in the 70’s and 80’s as a developmental tour. The SCPT gives golfers a pathway to compete in a highly professional manner and atmosphere, but also to achieve financial success while they pursue their dream of playing on the Web.com, PGA and Champions Tour. The top 30% of each field will receive a pay out, with the 1st place winner in each tournament taking home a guaranteed $5,000 check, regardless of the size of the field. The SCPT will have three divisions-Open Division; 47+ and 60+. Each Tournament will have a “skins game” and hole-in-one prizes exceeding $10,000. In its resurrection, SCPT will hold 5-6 two day tournaments a month throughout the Orlando area beginning October 21-22, 2013 for eight months. For more information on sponsorships or to register to play in the tournaments, please visit spacecoastprotour.com
Contact:
Bridgette Larkin, Dixon Golf Public Relations at Bridgette.Larkin@dixongolf.com
The BIG Tournament-Media Relations at media@biggesttournament.com
