Myrtle Beach, S.C. – (August 28, 2013) – The National Golf Association announced today that Wells Event Solutions has joined the top-rated developmental as a corporate partner for the upcoming season.
Based out of Las Vegas, Nev., Wells Event Solutions is a leading event management firm specializing in lodging and registration solutions for sports organizations. Its services include providing online registration, housing, event planning and management, site sourcing and contract negotiation for event sponsors worldwide.
Wells’s professionals make event management easy by delivering state-of-the-art technology and experience-based solutions for meetings, conventions, tournaments and public events worldwide. Wells Event Solutions will be the “Official Housing Service” for the NGA TOUR.
“We are excited to add Wells Event Solutions to our family of sponsors,” said Robin L. Waters, NGA TOUR president. “Adequate housing is an essential part of professional golf and having a partner that specializes in the field will only benefit the NGA TOUR and our players. We look forward to working with Wells Event Solutions and forming a mutually-beneficial relationship that will further both brands for years to come.”
The NGA Pro Golf Tour is the No. 3 Men’s Professional Golf Tour in the United States after the PGA and Web.com Tours and is the No. 1 recommended developmental tour by more PGA and Web.com Tour Professionals.
The NGA has helped hundreds of professionals acquire their PGA TOUR, Euro, Web.com, and Champions Tour cards. In fact, NGA alumni have won an incredible Fifteen (15) “Major” Championships.
NGA alumni include: 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson; 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley; 2010 PGA TOUR Player of the Year and 2003 US Open Champion Jim Furyk; 2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink; 2009 U.S. Open Champion Lucas Glover; 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson; 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel; 2003 British Open Champion Ben Curtis; two-time U.S. Open Champion Lee Janzen; British Open and PGA Champion John Daly; British Open Champion Tom Lehman; PGA Champion David Toms; 2003 Tour Championship Winner Chad Campbell; 2010 NGA Player of the Year Michael Thompson; 2012 PGA TOUR winners Mark Wilson, George McNeill, Ted Potter Jr., Scott Stallings and Scott Piercy.
At this year’s PGA Tour Qualifying School, 52% of those earning full exempt status on the PGA TOUR and 67% of those earning full exempt status on the Web.com Tour were past NGA Professionals. Another 16 NGA Professionals advanced to the PGA TOUR for 2012 by finishing inside the Top 25 on the Web.com Tour money list, including 2011 NGA members Ted Potter Jr., Russell Knox and Billy Hurley III.
The NGA Pro Golf Tour, established in 1988, predates the Web.com Tour as the longest running developmental tour in golf. In 2012, the NGA TOUR became the “Official Partner of the 2012 Reno-Tahoe Open” and secured one PGA TOUR and six Web.com Tour event exemptions for its members, the most in developmental golf.
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Contact:
Paul Warner
NGA TOUR Media Relations
Paul@NGATOUR.com
