LUTZ, Fla. -- The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay is currently holding the first stage of PGA TOUR qualifying on October 16-21, 2005.
The par 71, 6898-yard championship facility is hosting players from around the world who are be playing for the privilege of competing on the 2006 PGA TOUR.
To qualify to play on the PGA TOUR players must advance through a rigorous three stage qualification process. The top players who advance after the four rounds at the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay, will play in the second stage held in mid-November at six qualifying sites nationwide. Second stage qualifying sites include the Hombre Golf Club
in Panama City Beach, FL and the World Golf Village King & Bear Course in St. Augustine, FL.
The final stage of PGA TOUR Qualifying involves six consecutive rounds of golf where only the top players will qualify to play full time on the 2006 PGA TOUR. The final stage of PGA TOUR qualifying will be held December 3-8 at Orange County National Golf Club in Winter Garden, FL.
Players will play in groups of three, with play beginning on the first and tenth tee each morning. Spectators and media are welcome.
About the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay
The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay is Tampa’s premier daily fee golf facility and the only PGA TOUR owned and operated facility in Tampa. The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay was ranked #1 in the Tampa Bay area and #5 in the state of Florida by the readers of /Florida Golf Magazine /in their Winter 2003 edition. Each February the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay is the host of the Outback Steakhouse Pro-AM, a Champions Tour event. The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay is regularly ranked as one of the top courses by the members of the Champions Tour. The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay open is an 18-hole championship facility that was designed by architect Bobby Weed and PGA TOUR Design Services with Chi Chi Rodriquez as Player Consultant. The course is one of only two Audubon Certified Cooperative Sanctuaries in the Tampa Bay area, and the golf shop has been ranked as one of the Top 25 Daily Fee Golf Shop Operations in the nation by/ Golf World/ magazine. The TPC of Tampa Bay is ranked 4 ½ stars by Golf Digest Magazine.
Contact:
Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay
5300 W. Lutz Lake Fern Rd.
Lutz, FL 33558
Tiffany Brown, Director of Sales and Marketing
(813) 949-0090 ext. 207
tiffanybrown@pgatourtpc.com
