US Pro Golf Tour
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The US Pro Golf Tour is a third-level developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States owned by Greens Worldwide Incorporated. The first level of regular (that is under-50s) men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour and the second level is the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, currently known as the Nationwide Tour. The US Pro Golf Tour is at the level below that, alongside such rival ventures as the NGA Hooters Tour and the Gateway Tour. The 2007 season consists of ten events with purses of USD300,000 played in locations spread across the southern United States from California to Virginia. Highlights of the tournaments are broadcast on FOX Sports Net. As with any golf tour at this level, the main objective of the players is to move up to a higher tour as soon as possible, and the tour recognises the favorable publicity successful alumni gain for the tour by refunding pre-paid any fees for any of its players that qualify for an event on the PGA, Nationwide, European or Champions tours.
Greens Worldwide also runs two regional tours called the Tight Lies Players Tour, which is played in Texas and nearby states in the central south, and the California Players Tour. In 2007 the events on these tours have $125,000 purses.
[edit] See also
- Alps Tour, EPD Tour and PGA EuroPro Tour - three third level golf tours in Europe
