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MARKETPLACE IGA
VANCOUVER
GOLF
TOUR
VGT PRESS RELEASE
October 6th, 2010 –
Vancouver, BC
"Amateur Golf Star Nick Taylor
Tee’s-it-up in VGT Tour Championship as
Professional Debut"
Vancouver Golf Tour is proud to announce that
23-year old amateur golf sensation Nick
Taylor has chosen to make his Professional
Debut on the
Vancouver Golf Tour
at the RUSSELL BREWING VGT TOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP on
Thursday, Oct.7th
at Kings Links by the Sea (www.vancouvergolftour.com).
“I’m ecstatic to say the least” states VGT
Commissioner Fraser Mulholland of
Taylor
choosing VGT’s Tour Championship as his
Professional debut. “This is a huge kudos for
VGT Having Nick in the field. It is a
phenomenal thing for all of us at VGT and the
players in the field. For him to choose VGT’s
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP to start his Professional
career makes us very proud indeed. His presence
will be noted by all of the golfers in the field
– and will no doubt make for a fantastic one-day
shoot-out for the winner’s cheque!”
Taylor, a resident of
Abbotsford, BC
and member of Ledgeview Golf & Country Club, has
had a phenomenal amateur career, including
countless successes both as a
University
of Washington
(U of W) team-member and as an amateur in
non-collegiate amateur (and Professional)
competitions. Taylor’s accomplishments while at
U of W include being bestowed PAC 10 Player of
the Year co-honours in both ’09 and ’10, and
having one of the most consistent strings of
NCAA tournament finishes of any golfer in 2009
and 2010, including 4 wins and 18 top 10
finishes out of 24 events played!
Taylor
has become a household name to all Canadian
Golfers the past 5-6 years of his amateur golf
career, regularly amazing us with his presence
on the world golf scene. For 21 weeks, Taylor’s
golf prowess earned him the title of #1 ranked
Amateur Golfer in the world, and thanks to his
amazing golf performances he was awarded (this
May) with Collegiate Golf’s highest honour
winning the illustrious BEN HOGAN AWARD
recognizing the Top Men’s NCAA Golfer
(considering all collegiate and amateur
competitions over the past 12 months). With
this distinction also came a sponsor’s exemption
to play in the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational at
the COLONIAL on the PGA Tour.
With so much Amateur success, including two
appearances and two cuts made at the U.S. Open
(including top Amateur distinction in ’09), one
would think that
Taylor
was eager to race into the Professional golf
scene, but like his character both on and off
the golf course, he has been very patient with
the process of turning professional. After an
extremely busy 4 years of Collegiate and world
Amateur Golf circuit,
Taylor
has taken some time away from the busy
tournament and travel scene to be with family
and his Coach Rob Houlding to focus on his
future in Professional Golf.
After a couple of visits down south to visit the
Taylor Made factory in California and to
interview/research which Agency he would select
to work with in his Professional golf career (he
has recently signed with Wasserman Media Group),
Taylor is now focused on his main task at hand –
to qualify for 2011 membership on the PGA Tour.
This journey to the PGA Tour includes a trip
down to first stage of
PGA
Qualifying
School in
Dayton,
Nevada late next week in
preparation for his first qualifying round
scheduled for October 19th. “But
first-things-first” joked
Taylor: “I want one crack
at (beating) my brother Josh as a Professional
before heading down to Q-School”. “We’ve had a
bunch of good hearted competition growing up and
playing in Amateur competitions and also playing
matches against each other at our home course (Ledgeview).
But this will be the first time we meet each
other head to head in a Pro event as
professionals, so it should be a lot of fun”.
“I want to congratulate Nick on an outstanding
Amateur career and wish him all the very best in
his endeavours in Professional Golf” states VGT
Commissioner Fraser Mulholland. “We (VGT) are
extremely excited to follow Nick and all of our
top VGT Professionals take their amazing golf
talent down with them on their quest for the PGA
Tour”. “The depth of golfers on VGT the past 4
years has impressed me to no end and I honestly
wouldn’t be surprised to see a few of our
players waving the Canadian flag out on the PGA
Tour or Nationwide Tour in 2011”.
Brother’s Taylor
will be joined at this Thursday’s VGT TOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP by a number of prominent VGT
Professionals looking for one last competitive
round before heading down to the
PGA
Tour
Qualifying
School
less than two weeks away. Notable players
include 2010 CLEVELAND/SRIXON VGT Order of Merit
Winner Bryn Parry of
North Vancouver and
22-year old Abbotsford Professional Adam Hadwin
who has had arguably one of the best golf
seasons of any Canadian Professional outside the
PGA Tour.
Parry and Hadwin will be in good company down at
PGA
Tour
Qualifying
School this fall as a
minimum of 6 VGT Professionals will be heading
down to first stage of Q-School as early as next
week.
Vancouver Golf Tour’s 2010 season comes to an
official close at the Russell Brewing VGT TOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP, presented by Augusta Resources
Corp and the Pest Detective. The event wraps up
an impressive schedule of 24 Championship
events, which will culminates in a Year-end
Awards Presentations at the Mad Greek Restaurant
in Richmond after the event where a number of
awards are given away, including:
2010 CLEVELAND/SRIXON VGT Order of merit
– Professional & Amateur Flight Winners.
Professional wins a
$5,000 entry
to
PGA
Tour
Qualifying
School. Amateurs win
awards and prizes.
2010 NICKEL HEATING – Outstanding VGT Player of
the year
-
$3,000
Awarded to top Professional nominated by peers
2010 PAINE
EDMONDS
– Most Improved VGT Player
-
$1,500
Awarded to the most improved VGT Professional
from 2009 to 2010
For LIVE SCORING of the 2010 VGT TOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP, please click here: http://www.vancouvergolftour.com/2010/live_scoring.htm.
To come out and watch the VGT Tour
Championship, visit
www.kingslinks.ca for directions to the
course. Tee-off starts at 1pm for all players!
For more information on the Vancouver Golf Tour,
please contact
Fraser Mulholland
Commissioner, VGT
fraser@vancouvergolftour.com
(604) 980-4653
www.vancouvergolftour.com
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