(HARRIS, MICHIGAN) – The Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass Media Day & Golf Outing will be held June 1; special guests include two players scheduled to compete in this year’s Symetra Tour “Road to the LPGA” event – three-time college All-American Emily Tubert, a contestant on Golf Channel’s “Big Break Myrtle Beach,” and area star Brooke Ferrell, a University of Wisconsin All-Big Ten member competing on a sponsor’s exemption.
Media Day starts at noon in the Island Convention Center inside the casino resort. It will be followed by complimentary golf on Sweetgrass, an award-winning course designed by Paul Albanese of Albanese & Lutzke. Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, May 25, by calling Debbie Wickstrom at 906-723-2123.
Also scheduled to attend media day is Tim Kramer, Symetra Tour Director of Business Affairs. Island Resort Championship has been one the tour’s shining events for years, and Kramer will address the event’s success and the tour’s growth.
The 2016 Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass will be held June 24-26, with all proceeds going to local non-profit organizations. Sweetgrass will host a field of 144 players competing for a $125,000 purse. The Island Resort Championship is also part of the Potawatomi Cup, a series of tournaments involving courses with Native American Indian or Potawatomi tribal ties.
This is the sixth consecutive year the professional golf tournament will be held at Island Resort and Casino’s Sweetgrass, voted to Golfweek’s “America’s Best Courses You Can Play” by state. The Symetra Tour “Road to the LPGA” is the world’s largest international women’s development tour and provides fans a front-row seat to watch rising stars of the game.
Former Symetra Tour players have won hundreds of LPGA titles, including dozens of major championships. Dani Holmqvist won the 2015 IRC Championship with a 10-under-par total of 206 and earned full LPGA Tour playing privileges in 2016 with her season-long performance.
Three-day grounds passes to the 54-hole event are $10 and include entry into daily prize drawings. Children 17 years old and under are admitted free with a paying adult. Tickets are available at Island Resort & Casino and at local organizations such as the Delta County Junior Golf Association and the NCA Guarantee Scholarship Fund. For a complete list of outlets visit http://www.sweetgrassgolfclub.com/symetra-tour-2016.
For more information visit: www.sweetgrassgolfclub.com, or call 877-ISL-GREEN.
About the Championship
Welcoming the world’s brightest new talent in women’s professional golf, the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass is a Symetra Tour – Road to the LPGA event held at Sweetgrass Golf Club in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The 54-hole stroke-play event will be held June 24-26, 2016. Located in Harris, Michigan, Sweetgrass Golf Club was designed by Michigander Paul Albanese and is situated at the Island Resort & Casino. Both course and resort are owned/operated by the Hannahville Indian Community of the Potawatomi Nation.
About the Symetra Tour
The Symetra Tour – Road to the LPGA, is the official Qualifying Tour for the LPGA and enters its 36th competitive season in 2016. With the continued support of its umbrella sponsor, Symetra, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Top-10 money winners receive full, equal status for the following season on the LPGA Tour.
The 2016 schedule includes two dozen tournaments throughout the U.S. states and a total purse approaching $3 million. Symetra Tour events have contributed more than $5 million to charitable organizations throughout the nation since 1989.
For more information: www.SymetraTour.com
Contact:
Dan Shepherd
Buffalo Brand Invigoration Group
703.403.5317
dshepherd@buffalobig.com
