Fraser's "Glog" (Golf Blog)

Dear 2006 VGT Pro-am Championship contestant:

I would like to thank each and every one of you for taking time to participate in Vancouver Golf Tour’s Inaugural Pro-am Championship at Northview. We have posted all the prize winners on our website, including the low gross and net amateur winners that were not calculated Thursday evening. Those who have prizes coming to them can arrange to get prizes delivered to them, or they can pick them up from Seymour Creek Golf Center in North Vancouver. Please refer to my contact details below. We posted the remaining team and individual pro and junior scores for all interested parties to see as well.

Overall, our event was a huge success both for Junior Golf as well as amateur and Professional development. The professionals played for the biggest one-day Pro-am purse ($20,000) in BC this year and our winning professional, Jay Balloch will be enrolled into the PGA Tour Qualifying School courtesy of the tour with this victory! For the juniors, they were exposed to an environment slightly different from their own junior golf tournaments. By seeing firsthand how our best professionals prepared to play as well as seeing how they prepared to execute each shot in the tournament itself, the juniors took home some very valuable experiences they can take to their next tournament. Looking at the scores in the professional and junior categories, the juniors should also recognize that they are not that far behind the professionals!!

An internet television station, Vancouvertv.tv was out at the tournament and has made a video of the event with some great footage of some of our rising stars (and some less known amateur guests). We have posted the video on our website (www.vancouvergolftour.com) for all contestants and interested golfers to see. I think you’ll agree that the video turned out really great! As far as other exposure, the event also got covered by several media outlets--Global TV, Channel M, The Vancouver Sun and Province, CKNW and Team 1040 radio stations and the Surrey Now newspaper. All of which will help our campaign for raising necessary sponsorship dollars to make the 2007 season a huge success. Our thanks go out to all the media who took part in promoting the event and for their continued efforts in heightening the awareness of the Vancouver Golf Tour and its goals.

With all the positive aspects of the tournament came a few shortfalls that we are more than aware of (7 hour round of golf, late dinner, computer/scoring issues, tee positions for contestants). We are taking a lot of care to re-model this event and any other we organize so that everyone will return to any of our 2007 Vancouver Golf Tour events feeling like they’ve had the most fantastic golf experience ever.

The 2007 Vancouver Golf Tour Schedule is being firmed up as we speak. Details on the schedule will be released in the fall with some similar tournament formats to our Inaugural Pro-am (less groups, faster….) and many tournaments that will be ‘Open’ for amateurs, juniors and Professionals to compete in head to head. My hopes are that you all take part in the tour next year in one way or another. We will keep you informed of our progress as we build this new developmental golf tour into the future with a follow up newsletter wrapping up any further details from the event such as our contribution to Junior Golf as well as any other newsworthy press releases the tour has to release!

Sincerest regards,
Fraser Mulholland
Commissioner
Vancouver Golf Tour
fraser@vancouvergolftour.com
www.vancouvergolftour.com
(778) 866-GOLF