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 The
Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT) is the culmination of a vision of
Vancouver based PGA professional Fraser Mulholland to develop
local BC golf talent and give them the environment to succeed to the
next level. The mission of VGT is to create the premier
developmental tour in Canada focused on providing a highly
competitive stage for promising juniors, amateurs and professional
golfers. The 5-year vision of the tour is to have five VGT members
competing on the PGA Tour.
British Columbia’s ‘Rising Stars’ need a professionally-run tour
environment that provides both the financial rewards for golf excellence
as well as the highest level of competition possible. With this
experience, local golfers will be given the opportunities they need to
develop their game to the highest level possible in preparation for the
PGA Tour. The VGT is working with all levels of the golf industry to
make this happen.
VGT will
provide funds for the development of junior golf by forming the VGT
Junior Golf Academy and Scholarship Endowment Program. Through this
initiative, juniors of all skill levels will be given the opportunity to
learn the game of golf at no cost, making the playing field level for
beginners that want to learn the game and for the elite who want to take
it to the PGA Tour. Scholarships will be developed to help young golfers
select the Golf University or College of their choice.
The VGT is
organized and supported by top PGA professionals in the industry. The
organizing committee brings a wealth of experience in both tournament
play and golf operations around the province.
In its
first year of operations in 2006, VGT hosted its Inaugural Pro-am
Championship and succeeded in selling out this premier event. The three
following goals of the tour were also accomplished: Setting aside
funding for the VGT Junior Golf Academy and Scholarship Endowment Fund,
receiving extensive media exposure and sending a VGT professional down
to the PGA Tour qualifying school. Looking at what was accomplished with
just one event, the future of the tour is very promising!
Helping
the future of BC Golf
By sponsoring VGT, you are assisting in the development of local junior
and amateur golfers, as funds raised from the tour will go directly
towards the development of VGT’s Junior Academy and Scholarship
Endowment Program. As well, your sponsorship dollars will help boost the
professional tournament purses in our province so that our young BC
professionals have a chance to earn a living locally while they pursue
their goal of reaching the PGA Tour.
Extensive Media Exposure
VGT is being heavily promoted locally at all Lower Mainland golf
courses, local and regional general media. For 2006 the Commissioner was
interviewed by golf industry media as well as local sports personalities
including Steve Darling and Eric Dwyer (Global TV), Jay Janower (CKNW,
Team 1040), Kent Gilchrist (Province Newspaper), Brad Zeimer (Vancouver
Sun), Ross Marrington (BCgolfguide.com) and Barry Sharpe (BCgolfnews.com).
For our 2006 Pro-am Championship, Vancouvertv.tv did a 5-minute
promotional video that highlights the major sponsors on both our website
and theirs. We expect even more coverage for 2007 since we are releasing
a full tour schedule compared to only one event in 2006.
There will
be significant pre-event, on-site and post-event media coverage
throughout the year including a post event newsletter for all four
‘Majors’, a VGT newsletter and a post-event website page for every
tournament.
Target
Audience
In 2007, we are striving to obtain a membership of approximately 500
golfers. This number includes approximately 80 professionals, 150
amateurs/corporate golfers and 70 juniors as ‘playing members’ and about
200 ‘Affiliate’ members who will subscribe to become members for the
non-competing privileges (green-fee discounts, travel rewards, etc.) and
receipt of the VGT newsletter.
Play
With the Best
As a Sponsor, you will be able to actively participate in the tour by
having many opportunities to play with and learn from our best
professionals, amateurs and juniors in our tour events, including the
Corporate Team Challenge and our two Major Pro-am tournaments.
Sponsorship
of the tour has tremendous value and is available in various affordable
packages which are outlined in our 2007 sponsorship opportunities
brochure. There are limited quantities of each sponsorship level, so
confirm your sponsorship early to ensure your position on the course
with BC’s BEST golfers!
$5,000 Series Events:
March 19th – Sandpiper GC, April 9th – Furry Creek, April
20th – Squamish
One-day events featuring 60-80 premier golfers; 30-40 BC
professionals and 30-40 top BC amateurs and juniors.
$10,000 Series Events:
April 30th – Ledgeview GC, June – Belmont GC, May 7th – Point
Roberts GC, July – The Links at Boundary Bay, August – Northview
GC
Spring and summer one-day events featuring approximately 120 golfers;
40-50 top BC professionals, 40-60 top BC amateurs and juniors and 40-50
corporate team challenge golfers.
Pro-am Championships:
Spring - May @ Swan-e-Set, Summer - August @ Mayfair Lakes
These ‘Major’ Championship events will combine up to 50 of our top BC
golf professionals with 60-120 corporate golfers and up to 50 top BC
junior golfers. The format will be team oriented as well as an
individual component for the professionals and junior golfers where
champions will be crowned.
BC Match Play Championship:
March 30th - May 6th
This six week ‘Major’ event commences on March 30th with 180 golfers
attempting to qualify. Approximately 80 BC professionals and 100
‘scratch’ amateurs and juniors will compete in this two-person team
event. The event runs 6 consecutive weekends until a BC Match Play
Champion is crowned on May 6th.
Two and Three-day Open
Championships:
June 29, 30, July 1 – Ledgeview Open, July 28 & 29 – Golden Ear’s
Open
July 14 & 15 – Chilliwack Open, Sept 15 & 16 – Vancouver Open - UGC
These events will feature a total of 200 plus golfers competing for
both an amateur and professional Championship. The first three
tournaments will offer approximately $30,000 in total prizes each. The
Vancouver Open will offer $50,000 in total prizes and will act as the
final “Major” event for 2007.
Corporate Team Challenge (CTC)
A series of 5 separate tournament dates where 3 corporate golfers
will team up with either a top BC professional or junior as their fourth
member of their team. The two Pro-am championships will hold double
point values toward the year-end team standings and a corporate team
champion will be crowned for 2007. Teams will pick three out of the five
$10,000 series events to play in plus the two Pro-ams.
Lower Mainland (Srixon) Pro
Tour
A series of 12 golf tournaments in which the field will consist of
40-50 top lower mainland BCPGA
professionals only. This separate Order of Merit (OOM) Title from the
VGT OOM will be presented to the top BCPGA professional for his or her
play during the tour’s 12 event schedule. Srixon Canada has confirmed
their sponsorship of the tour for 2007, but Title Sponsorship,
Presenting opportunities and a host of other entry level sponsorships
are still available for this tour.
Fraser Mulholland,
President
Fraser is the prime visionary behind the Vancouver Golf Tour and
currently acts as Commissioner of the Lower Mainland Srixon Pro Tour. He
is passionate about the game and has a strong desire to develop the
young talent in this province. He is responsible for leading a
multi-disciplinary team of professionals to make this vision happen.
A PGAmember of Canada since
1992, Fraser has accumulated 14 years of experience in golf instruction,
tournament play and golf course & tournament operations. In this same
time, Fraser has become one of the most accomplished professional
golfers in BC and in Canada, winning 34 professional tournaments,
qualifying for the South African and Australian Opens and twice playing
on the PGA Tour.
Through his successful travel
experiences, Fraser plans to implement similar tournament models for the
VGT that have made the top international golf bodies so strong.
Holly Pearson, Finance and
Administration
Holly leads the financial team at the Vancouver Golf Tour and is
responsible for finance and company administration activities.
She is a well respected
Chartered Accountant in the Lower Mainland who has worked for several
years specializing in small companies, usually becoming a key member of
the management group, responsible for all finance activities and
decisions.
Holly loves the game of golf and
can often be seen at the range fine-tuning her game. She is also
Treasurer for the McCleery Business Women’s Golf Cub where she has been
a member for 8 years.
Michael West, Website Management
Michael is a golf enthusiast and the owner of MousePad Publishing – a
web services company that has been in business since 1999. Michael has
been instrumental to the development of the VGT website (www.vancouvergolftour.com)
through enhanced detailing of the tour’s schedule, results and order of
merit point standings. The site will continue to grow in popularity with
the addition of the new golf scoring software the tour is adding to the
site for 2007. Both players and public alike can track performances and
stats throughout the year and during the tournaments with the
introduction of a new ‘live’ scoring feature.
We have numerous levels of
sponsorship packages ranging from $500 to $25,000 as well as Premier,
Signature and Classic Vancouver Golf Tour TITLE Opportunities. All of
these packages entitle the Sponsor to participate at various levels to
support Junior, Amateur and Professional golf development in BC and will
assure the following sponsorship benefits:
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Media coverage
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Exposure to target audience
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Playing opportunities with
BC’s best golfers
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Professional golf clinics
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Player sponsorship
Interested
parties in Sponsorship can contact our tour office directly at (604)
980-GOLF or by emailing a request for a 2007 Sponsorship Package to
info@vancouvergolftour.com
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Vancouver Golf Tour
Box 18, #112-1151 Mt. Seymour Road
North Vancouver, BC V7H 2Y4
info@vancouvergolftour.com
Sponsorship
Opportunities Email:
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