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 A $10,000 first-place prize, among the largest offered by any PGA Section event, is the main drawing card of a new golf tournament exclusively for PGA Professionals at the 2009 PGA Fall Expo.
The new tournament will be staged simultaneously with the PGA Fall Expo Amateur Shootout (formerly the PGA Fall Expo Golf Outing and Product Testing event) on August 31 at the award-winning Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort.
Two-person PGA Professional teams will have the opportunity to compete in a four-ball stroke play tournament on Paiute's Wolf golf course, the longest course in Nevada at 7,604 yards and a multiple winner of Golfweek's "Best Public-Access Courses" in America.
The $25,000 purse and 50 percent pay out is based on 100 PGA Professional teams. Registration is now open for the 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. starting times at www.pgaexpo.com.
While the PGA Fall Expo $25,000 Pro Challenge is open exclusively to PGA Professionals, amateurs can compete in the PGA Fall Expo Amateur Shootout featuring two shotgun scramble events for four-person amateur teams.
Both events award the first place teams a prize of $1,000 worth of merchandise credits to use at the PGA Fall Expo. The second place teams will receive a $500 merchandise credit and the third place teams a $400 merchandise credit.
In addition, there will be more than $5,000 worth of PGA Fall Expo merchandise credits offered through various events during the tournament and coinciding with Outdoor Demo Day activities. The PGA Fall Expo Amateur Shootout will be contested on the award-winning Sun Mountain golf course at Paiute. Registration also is now open for the 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. starting times at www.pgaexpo.com.
Coinciding with the PGA Professional and amateur tournaments, the popular PGA Fall Expo Outdoor Demo Day returns for the fourth year on Paiute's driving range, short game area and putting green.
Product demonstrations and networking takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features more than 40 golf vendors unveiling the latest golf equipment, training aids and accessories for attending industry professionals to personally test the day before the opening of the PGA Fall Expo, Sept. 1-2, at Mandalay Bay Convention Center. PGA Professionals receive four MSR credits for participation in the Outdoor Demo Day.
The PGA Fall Expo is packing unprecedented value into the 2009 event with exciting show specials and new products from some 300 golf vendors. Featured will be 20 education and professional development seminars offered on the show floor at no cost, a completely redesigned show floor focusing on buyer interaction, education and networking, plus, lower costs across all participation levels.
PGA Professionals may receive up to 20 MSR credits for their participation in PGA Fall Expo events. Registration for the PGA Fall Expo is free to industry professionals and available at www.pgaexpo.com.
PGA Professional registration for the $25,000 PGA Fall Expo PGA Professional Tournament is $250 per player through August 27 and includes the entry fee, range and balls, carts, breakfast (morning shotgun), lunch (both shotguns), refreshments on course and expo manufacturer gift bags.
Registration for the PGA Fall Expo Amateur Shootout is $150 per player through August 27 and includes the entry fee, range and balls, carts, breakfast (morning shotgun), lunch (both shotguns), refreshments on course and Expo manufacturer gift bags. Players may register for both tournaments at www.pgaexpo.com.
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