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What is the U.S. Pro Golf Tour Presented by SportsQuest?
The U.S. Pro Golf Tour Presented by SportsQuest will rapidly become the nation's premier intermediary tour, featuring more than 300 talented young professional golfers representing 34 states and 12 countries. The Tour will deliver a “Big Tour” experience for players and spectators by providing first class amenities, including skybox and grandstand seating, scoreboards, celebrity pro-ams and corporate hospitality. In addition to its Championships, the Tour intends to develop a regional tour system. Pros will compete in 2009 for $4.425 Million in prize money throughout five events (subject to change). In 2006, the USPGT awarded more than $5 Million in prize money and signed a strategic partnership with Donald Trump; competing in the Trump Million Dollar Invitational, a Major Championship of the USPGT in 2006. The U.S. Pro Golf Tour has been televised nationally and internationally on ESPN, FOX Sports Net and The Golf Channel. Has the USPGT been seen on national television? Yes. In 2005, the USPGT Championship aired on The Golf Channel. In 2006, all USPGT events were seen nationally on FOX Sports Net, while the Trump Million Dollar Invitational, a "Major Championship" of the USPGT in 2006, aired nationally and internationally on ESPN and ESPN2. Has anyone on the USPGT earned more than $1 Million in a season? Yes. Stuart Deane, who captured the 2006 Trump Million Dollar Invitational in 2006, earned $1,051,586 in official and unofficial money. Who is the defending USPGT Champion? Gibby Gilbert, III, who won both the Global Media Fund Classic and $1 Million season-ending Tour Championship, is the defending USPGT Champion, earning more than $260,000 in 2006. How many events are scheduled for 2009? There are currently five USPGT Championships on the schedule, which is subject to change. Could other events be added to the 2009 schedule? Yes. Tour management may decide to add events in 2009. Where will the 2009 events be held? Please refer to the 2009 schedule, which is posted on the website. 
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