US Pro Golf Tour
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The US Pro Golf Tour was a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States
owned by Greens Worldwide Incorporated
. Early in 2007, the tour was suspended due to financial problems, leaving hundreds of players out of pocket having paid thousands of dollars in membership and tournament entry fees. However, there were plans to re-launch the Tour with increased prize funds in 2009.
The highest level of men's professional golf
in the United States is the PGA Tour
, with the second level being the Nationwide Tour
, which is the PGA Tour's official developmental tour. Below that sits the US Pro Golf Tour, which runs alongside rival third level tours such as the Gateway Tour
and the NGA Pro Golf Tour
. The players main objective on these tours is to perform as well as possible, in order to attract invitations to events on the higher level tours.
Prior to its suspension, the 2007 season was scheduled to include ten events with purses of $
300,000 played in locations spread across the southern United States from California
to Virginia
. Highlights of the tournaments were to be broadcast on Fox Sports Net
. The organisers also ran two regional tours called the "Tight Lies Players Tour", which was played around Texas and nearby states in the central south, and the "California Players Tour".
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
owned by Greens Worldwide Incorporated
Greens Worldwide Incorporated
Greens Worldwide Incorporated is an organization that owns the following companies:* American Challenge Golf Tour* Las Vegas Golf Schools* New England Pro Tour, Inc.* Still Moving, Inc.* TightLies Players Tour* US Pro Golf Tour, Inc....
. Early in 2007, the tour was suspended due to financial problems, leaving hundreds of players out of pocket having paid thousands of dollars in membership and tournament entry fees. However, there were plans to re-launch the Tour with increased prize funds in 2009.
The highest level of men's professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
in the United States is the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, with the second level being the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
, which is the PGA Tour's official developmental tour. Below that sits the US Pro Golf Tour, which runs alongside rival third level tours such as the Gateway Tour
Gateway Tour
The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour. The second level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official...
and the NGA Pro Golf Tour
NGA Pro Golf Tour
The National Golf Association Pro Golf Tour is a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States. It includes approximately twenty 72-hole Pro Series events and three 54-hole Qualifying School Prep Series events each year throughout the US South and Midwest. The NGA Pro Golf Tour...
. The players main objective on these tours is to perform as well as possible, in order to attract invitations to events on the higher level tours.
Prior to its suspension, the 2007 season was scheduled to include ten events with purses of $
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300,000 played in locations spread across the southern United States from California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. Highlights of the tournaments were to be broadcast on Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports Net
The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...
. The organisers also ran two regional tours called the "Tight Lies Players Tour", which was played around Texas and nearby states in the central south, and the "California Players Tour".