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QUINTE CLASSIC

Black bear ridge golf & resort, belleville, on, $26,800 purse, points category: tournament, 2023 champion, thomas giroux.

NIAGARA CHAMPIONSHIP

Niagara national golf & country, stevensville, on, $25,000 purse, sudarshan yellamaraju.

PORT DOVER CHAMPIONSHIP

Port dover golf club, port dover, on, $26,000 purse, points category: major, kevin gordon.

ST-GEORGES CLASSIC

Club de golf st-georges, st-georges, qc, freddy d'angelo.

knowlton CHAMPIONSHIP

Club de golf knowlton, knowlton, qc, $28,200 purse, michael slesinski.

OTTAWA CHAMPIONSHIP

The meadows golf & country club, $12,500 minimum guaranteed purse, iannick lamarre.

THE CLUB AT BONDHEAD - SOUTH

$29,000 minimum guaranteed purse, danny yustin.

MACHINEX OPEN

Club de golf laurier, princeville, qc, $25,000 minimum guaranteed purse.

CLUB DE GOLF ATLANTIDE

Notre-dame-de-lîile-perrot. qc, $21,000 guaranteed purse, points category: match play.

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Club de golf le blainvillier, blainville, qc, $30,000 minimum guaranteed purse, points category: tour championship, match play qualifier - ont.

MATCH PLAY QUALIFIER - QC

Club de golf le portage, l'assomption, qc.

MATCH PLAY QUALIFIER - atl

Oakfield golf & country club, enfield, ns.

CLUB DE GOLF VICTORIAVILLE

Victoriaville, qc.

US OPEN Local QUALIFIER

Cherry hill club, ridgeway, on, follow the journey, [email protected], all rights reserved, east coast pro tour 2024.

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EAST COAST WOMEN’S PRO GOLF TOUR ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL SCHEDULE

March 27, 2022

By bringing professional golf to the athletes and creating more playing opportunities, the ECWPGT is poised to grow women’s professional golf

(Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) – The ECWPGT announced its Official Tour schedule on Friday, March 25 th , to its Membership of professional female players and its Advisory Board.  The Official Tour Schedule is divided into geographic pods, the first being the Florida Launch pod with the Official Tour Kickoff on May 11-13 in Sebring (FL) at the Sun n’ Lake Golf Club immediately following the three Florida-based qualifiers for the U.S. Women’s Open Championship. Daytona Beach is the next stop for the Florida Launch pod at the LPGA International Jones Course, on the same course for the Epson Tour Championship in October. 

In December, after running the PXG Women’s Match Play Championship, what he thought would be the only professional golf tournament in the arsenal of his event management company, MediaShare Consulting Group, Mark D. Berman purchased the Florida-based NWGA, a 16-year-old women’s tour which had produced many LPGA players.  He quickly rebranded and rebuilt it as the ECWPGT to cast a wider footprint with the mission of creating more economically viable playing and earning opportunities for professional female golfers.  After a successful Florida-based Winter Series with seven tournaments in 120 days, the distribution of $150,000 in earnings, 160 different rising-star players, many of whom went on to the Epson Tour, the LPGA’s official feeder tour, the ECWPGT is ready to host its inaugural season. 

With a global explosion of female golf talent, particularly in the United States and a host of players matriculating from the college ranks this spring, the ECWPGT was created by golf industry veteran Mark D. Berman as a response to seeing how few tournaments there are for professional females to “go to work” based on his own daughter’s experience.  Including the ECWPGT, there are only three developmental tours in the USA., the other two being the Cactus Tour based in Arizona and the WAPT based in Texas.  While all three tours will have their share of future LPGA stars, the ECWPGT is positioned to deliver a more economically viable pathway for women in the Eastern third of the country where no professional events at this level currently exist.

The Official Tour schedule begins in Florida, and then travels to the Northeast, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.  To replicate the Epson Tour experience, each tournament will be 54 holes with a cut after 36 holes.  The Tour will also host its exclusive Q-School Prep Series in California, South Florida, and Alabama on the same courses as the LPGA Tour hosts its qualifying events.  The PXG Women’s Match Play Championship will again be hosted at World Golf Village from October 30-November 6. 

In addition to playing for prize money, the top two highest points earners for the season will receive a paid exemption into the PXGWMPC.

Below is the Official Tour schedule through August, when the tour takes a short break for LPGA Q School, before coming back for its Southeastern Pod.  The complete schedule can be found on the website at www.ECWPGT.com.

Florida Launch Pod

May 11-13        Sebring, FL                   Sun n’ Lakes Golf Course

May 18-20        Daytona Beach, FL       LPGA International Jones Course

Georgia Pod

July 5-7            Braselton, GA               Chateau Elan Winery & Resort Woodlands Course

July 11-13         Savannah, GA              Savannah Golf Club     

July 18-20         Athens, GA                   University of Georgia Golf Club, The GA State Open, presented

by ECWPGT and Mizuno Golf

Florida Women’s Open Warmup

July 29-31         Fort Myers, FL              Plantation Golf and Country Club

Q School Prep Series

August 8-9        Desert Palms, CA          Mission Hills Golf Club Arnold Palmer Course

August 11-12    Rancho Mirage, CA       Marriott’s Shadow Ridge

October 10-11   Fort Myers, FL              Plantation Golf & Country Club Panther and Bobcat courses

Said Berman, “We’re creating events in areas where players are currently underserved, helping them cut down on front-end costs.”  He added, “We are committed to a tournament experience that demonstrates how valued and meaningful these players are as women and athletes, while preparing them for the Epson

Tour and LPGA Q School.

Travel costs eat up budgets for developmental tour players who pay their own entry fees, which largely fund tournament purses.  Most U.S. professional players below the LPGA level are self-funded and do not have big sponsor contracts like their male peers at the same level nor a national program behind them like so many international players.  While men and women have the same expenses, there are dozens of developmental men’s tours with significantly larger purses making it viable for them to be on the road for 10-12 weeks at a time.  “Women can’t really do that because the revenue potential is so limited,” explains Berman, likening the men to national companies while the women are more like a regional businesses.  Many female professional players have side jobs to which they must return to make up the delta between earnings and expenses.  The ECWPGT creates a regionalized approach narrowing the gap between the high cost of playing and the low earnings potential, changing the current structure that requires players to go on the road for weeks at a time with little chance breaking even, let alone turning a profit. 

For example, the 2021 WAPT money winner, Jessica Porvasnik, earned $23,000 during its official money season and an additional $13,000 winning the PXGWMPC.  By traveling to State Opens and playing on the then-named NWGA, she earned another $17,000 but barely breaking even in what was an incredibly successful year.  Porvasnik, an All-American at Ohio State, was one of many players with whom Berman spoke before launching the ECWPGT to ensure he understood the financial challenges of women’s developmental professional golf.  Porvasnik is now on the ECWPGT Advisory Board which Berman uses to help guide the tour.  “Mark cares a lot about women’s golf and is committed to building a tour around the players, providing an avenue to hone in on skills needed for the next level.” said Porvasnik.

Jess McAlister, owner of Digital Golf Collective, a golf industry marketing and branding company, and ECWPGT Advisory Board member, sees the challenges these women face and believes the ECWPGT’s vision can help shape the future.  “This tour will draw a lot of players off the sidelines who are simply not playing, yet want to, and waiting for Q School, where they end up most times unprepared,” said McAlister.  She added, “Now we’ll get to see them, meet them, and hear their stories before they get to the LPGA.  There are so many good players who need the time to develop, and it’s important to expand that pathway.  Streamlining this developmental level is the pipeline for the LPGA’s future.”  

“The PXGWMPC gave us a 10-day focus group which reinforced our belief in the need for more playing opportunities, but also shed light on the need to expand the actual geography,” said Berman. “Hearing their stories motivated us to get even more involved with their success.”

About the East Coast Professional Women’s Golf Tour

A highly competitive professional women’s golf tour, the ECWPGT is open primarily to the developmental professional players aspiring to the LPGA Tour or working their way back.  The tour will accept amateur players ages 15 and over on a waitlist basis as space permits.  Current card-holding members of the LPGA Tour are not admitted to ECWPGT events unless returning from maternity leave or injury and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.  Registration for tournaments is currently open on the Tour’s website www.ECWPGT.com . 

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Canadian professional golf tours announce strategic merger

Montreal – Two professional golf tours in Canada have announced a strategic merger. The East Coast Pro Tour (ECPT), based in Montreal and the Great Lakes Tour (GLT), based in Hamilton have agreed upon terms to merge schedules and events under one umbrella effective immediately.

The new tournament schedule will offer professional golfers and elite amateurs a full set of events across Ontario, Quebec and even the USA and feature one season long point list. Additionally, each event in 2023 will feature a minimum purse amount of $25,000 and an average first prize of $7,500.

The merger will ultimately see all events on both tours in Ontario and Quebec fall under the ECPT brand. The GLT and ECPT will share resources.

Massimo Roch and Luca Greco will remain in Tour Director roles as President and Vice-President of the ECPT and will be based in Montreal. Whereas, Jim Kenesky of the GLT will assume the role as a Tournament Director in Ontario strategically overseeing the operations in key markets of Ontario along with other duties being carried out to assist in tour and tournament operations. Colin Murray, also of the GLT, will be stepping away to focus on his professional senior golf career.

‘’The strategic partnership was formed with one goal in mind; design a national platform for Canadians to access the next level in professional golf.’’ States Massimo Roch. ‘’We both agreed that the unification of both entities under a single banner is the best thing we could’ve done for the players. We’re confident Jim’s previous experience and extensive wealth of knowledge will allow us to collectively reshape professional golf in the north and provide our players with greater playing opportunities.’’

The Great Lakes Tour was established in 2001 and tour alumni inclide David Hearn, David Morland IV, Brad Fritsch, Matt McQuillan, Michael Gligic and Taylor Pendrith.

The ECPT was established in 2019.

The tentative 2023 ECPT schedule will be available in early January. It will feature six events in Ontario, five events in Quebec and one event in Connecticut. Players will gain points at events throughout the season toward the GolfIn Cup Standings where the leader at the end of the season will earn an all expense paid trip and entry fee into the DP World Tour Q-School. Max Gilbert of Saint-Georges, Que., won the inaugural GolfIn Cup in 2021 and Ty Celone of Long Sault, Ont. is the reigning GolfIn Cup Champion.

Visit  www.eastcoastprotour.com  for the tour’s 2023 schedule and membership options.

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East coast international pro stock tour releases 2022 schedule.

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Halifax, NS – December 31, 2021) – Happy holidays race fans! To ring in the New Year we are releasing the 2022 East Coast International Pro Stock Tour schedule. The 2022 season will feature 12 events and visit four Maritime markets. Laps and race sponsors will be announced as the season draws nearer.

Stay tuned to www.maritimeprostocktour.com for all the latest news or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @prostocktour

2022 East Coast International Pro Stock Tour Schedule

About the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour:

The East Coast International Pro Stock Tour (PST) is considered the highest level of stock car racing in Canada. The Tour is recognized in the industry as one of the healthiest stock car racing series in North America. PST visits four tracks throughout the Maritimes during its May through September season. The East Coast International Pro Stock Tour is owned and operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited. For more information, call our administration office at 902.481.2531 or click www.maritimeprostocktour.com . You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/prostocktour and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/prostocktour

About East Coast International:

East Coast International Trucks is an authorized International® dealership with locations in Moncton, Dartmouth, Millbrook, and Charlottetown. They carry a large selection of new and used trucks and trailers and offer one of the largest inventories of truck parts in Atlantic Canada. All of their locations are Cummins certified and service all-make trucks and trailers. Their Idealease division provides truck leasing and rental solutions, and all of their locations offer in-house financing and insurance. For more information on East Coast International, visit www.eastcoastint.com

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