Thursday, March 08, 2007

CELTIC PRO TOUR EVENTS AT MONTROSE
LINKS AND MURCAR LINKS

Montrose Links (September 10-11) and Murcar Links (October 1-2) are to host two 36-hole events on a new Celtic Professional Tour which will have at least 15 events on its schedule, the majority in Wales.
The Scottish part of the circuit will be known as the Thistle Tour. The competition at Murcar Links, which staged a European Challenge Tour event last summer, will be knowed as the Grampian Open. The Montrose Links' event will have the title, the Carnoustie Country Open.
There were be a 54-hole Tour Championship on a date and venue still to be fixed in the late autumn.
Rydian Thomas, based at Treorchy in South Wales, is the chief executive of the Celtic Pro Tour. Membership of the Tour, permitting a player to play in all the events, costs £175. On top of that there is an individual entry fee of £99 for the 36-hole events. It will be higher than that for the 54-hole championship finale.
Low-handicap amateurs will be allowed to take part for a fee of £55 per event.
Prize funds will range from £2,000 to £5,350, depending on how many entries are received.
The Celtic Pro Tour starts with the South Wales Open at Pyle & Kenfig, South Wales on June 4 and 5.
The full schedule is available on www.celticpro.co.uk.

Further and later information from Andrew Weltch of the Celtic/Thistle Tour:

To join the tour, all professionals are urged to visit the new website at www.celticpro.co.uk . Annual membership costs £175, while individual event entry is £99. Amateurs (scratch handicap or better) are also allowed to enter at a cost of £55 per event (amateurs are not required to pay membership).

The prize fund for a field of 96 professionals, will be £5,350 with £2,000 going to the winner.
The prize fund for a field of 60 professionals, will be £3,650 with £1,500 going to the winner.
The prize fund for a field of 40 professionals, will be £2,000 with £1,000 going to the winner.

The leading amateur in each event will win a voucher to be spent on golf equipment.

Any corporate clients wishing to invest in the Tour, should contact the chief executive, Rhydian Thomas, on 07861 686568. Naming rights available to corporate clients include tour title, individual event title and associate event sponsors.

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