PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Registration is now open for the 2015 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience Pro-Pro Tournament at www.PGALasVegas.com. The 2015 Pro-Pro Tournament, held Monday, Aug. 17, at Cascata Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada, has become one of the most anticipated components of the three-day golf industry gathering at the PGA Fashion & Demo Experience, Aug. 17-19, in Las Vegas.
The 2015 tournament offers a $20,000 purse and a first-place prize of $5,000 to the winning team. The field is limited to 50 two-person teams in a four-ball stroke play format beginning with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.
PGA and LPGA Professionals can take advantage of early registration savings, $165 per player, through June 15. After June 15, the registration fee is $190 per player. The tournament registration fee includes golf, forecaddie, breakfast, lunch, gift bag and round-trip bus transportation from the Venetian. Additional prizes will include Closest to the Pin on all Par 3’s, a Long Drive Contest and $100 per hole Skins Game. Tournament players must be registered attendees of the 2015 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience.
VPAR is the official scoring sponsor for the tournament. Additional details regarding eligibility, format, rules, purse breakdown and prize presentation are available at http://www.pgalasvegas.com/Special-Events/Pro-Pro-Tournament/
Cascata Golf Club is a top-ranked Rees Jones-designed layout at the base of the Red Mountains that is well known for its outstanding design and multiple water features on the property, including a river running through the clubhouse. Tournament players are invited to stay at Cascata for the PGA Demo Experience, 2:00-7:00 p.m., featuring new equipment testing, an indoor marketplace, contests/prizes and an industry reception with entertainment and complimentary refreshments. Complimentary transportation will be provided throughout the evening returning to the Venetian.
The 2015 PGA Fashion & Demo Experience
The PGA Fashion & Demo Experience, Aug. 17-19, 2015, in Las Vegas, is a golf merchandising, product testing and professional education event, exclusively for golf industry professionals and golf lifestyle apparel retailers, presented in a modern, sophisticated setting and organized by the PGA of America and PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions. Event details and registration are available at pgalasvegas.com.
Contact:
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions/Media: Sherry Major, (716) 662-3855, smajor@reedexpo.com
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions/Exhibitor: Mike Saffioti, (203) 840-5414, msaffioti@reedexpo.com
PGA of America/Media: Jamie Carbone, (561) 624-8446, jcarbone@pgahq.com
