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April 11, 2012
For Immediate Release: Professional Golf is coming to West Vancouver
The District of West Vancouver, Golf West Vancouver and the Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT) are pleased to announce that Professional Golf is coming to Gleneagles Golf Course, May 16, 2012.
“We are very pleased to be hosting the first ever VGT Golf West Vancouver shoot-out at Gleneagles Golf Course. This will be a great opportunity for the residents of our community to come out and see some of the Lower Mainland’s best Professional Golfers,” stated Dan Henegar, manager of parks arboriculture and horticulture for the District of West Vancouver.
The 10-player format for the event includes seven Golf Professionals (selected by their rankings on the VGT), James Presnail, head golf professional at Gleneagles, plus one media qualifier and one open qualifier. All 10 players will tee off on the first hole. The player with the highest score at the end of each hole will be eliminated. If there is a tie for high score on a hole a putt or chip off will determine who moves on and who goes home. Only two players will be left by the 9th hole, which will determine the Champion. The purse for the event is $1,750 with the top three competitors sharing in it.
“Gleneagles is going to provide a very good test for the VGT’s Professionals,” said Fraser Mulholland, commissioner of the Vancouver Golf Tour. “While this is fun format I know the guys will bring their “A” game as they will be competing for the first-place prize of $1,000,” added Mulholland.
Professional Bryn Parry of North Vancouver, BC, and the best player on the VGT over the past three seasons, has been confirmed to play. Parry comes to the event as the defending champion of the 2011 Rogers Canada Cup, an event that earned him $30,000 for the victory. He is also a past Nationwide Tour player and has been the PGA of BC Player of the Year in six of the past seven years.
The day begins on the first hole at 3:30 p.m. with a 45-minute clinic put on by the VGT Professionals. The ten players tee off starting at 4:30pm. The event is open to spectators and is free to attend.
About Golf West Vancouver
West Vancouver Parks and Community Services Division operates two municipal golf courses. Ambleside Par 3 is an 18-hole pitch and putt right on the Ambleside Waterfront. Gleneagles Golf Course is a challenging 9-hole, par 35, golfing facility. Course features include practice nets and putting/chipping greens, a golf shop, Larson Station restaurant and banquet facilities.
For More Information Contact:
Mr. Dan Henegar
Manager of Parks Arboriculture and Horticulture
604-925-7137
dhenegar@westvancouver.ca
About Vancouver Golf Tour
Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT) has been developed for our local Professionals and Amateurs – giving them the opportunity for a high level of competition in a PGA Tour environment without spending excess travel dollars. VGT has been designed to give its local players the opportunity to learn how to win while at the same time building their confidence to play on Worldwide Major Tours.
For More Information Contact:
Mr. Fraser Mulholland
Commissioner
604-980-4653
fraser@vancouvergolftour.com
