Swing Thought Tour Newest Addition to 2016 National
Pro Series Season Event at the Willow Creek Golf Course at High Point Country
Club
"Myrtle Beach, S.C. - March 29, 2016- The Swing Thought Tour proudly announces the addition of the
Willow Creek Golf Course at the prestigious High Point Country Club in High
Point, N.C. to the 2016 National Pro Series schedule. The event will be
contested the week of May 2 – May 7, 2016, which is the week prior to the
popular web.com Tour’s Rex Hospital Open hosted in Raleigh, N.C. This will be
the first year for the Swing Thought Tour to host an event at this venue.
“We’re very
excited to be adding such a prestigious venue to our National Series schedule,”
stated Robin L. Waters, president of Swing Thought Tour. “High Point Country
Club will definitely offer a challenging and competitive experience that we
want our players to face while competing.”
Willow Creek Golf
Course at High Point Country Club is a Willard Byrd design located in High
Point, North Carolina. It was established in 1964 and measures just over 7,000
yards from the very back tees. High Point is said to be one of the top 30 golf
courses in North Carolina. It has been a host for many well-known events such
as being one of the locations for US Senior Open Qualifier and US Senior
Amateur Qualifier and has hosted the LPGA’s Henderon Classic and Planters Pat
Bradley. Willow Creek has also hosted
the North Carolina Open and North Carolina Amateur to name a few of the
tournaments. High Point Country Club has
been home to many successful PGA and web.com Tour players such as Bubba Watson,
Dale Morey, Drew Weaver, Mike Goodes, Roger Watson, and Tommy Langley.
The Swing Thought Tour offers year round National Memberships
that includes the upcoming 2016 National Pro Series as well as memberships to
all other State Series under the Swing Thought Tour umbrella. The National Pro
Series will consist of 18 - 20 – 72 and 54 hole events with $120,000 and
$150,000 guaranteed purses and 4 to 6 54-hole Web.com Qualifier Prep events.
Fields are limited to 144 players with the top 45 and ties making each cut for
the $120,000 purses and 50 and ties making each cut for the $150,000 purses. We
will also offer an estimated 4 to 6 2016 Web.com Tour “event specific”
exemptions to be awarded throughout the 2016 National Pro Series season. To acquire
a 2016 Swing Thought Tour National Pro Series membership, players may register
online at SwingThought.com or contact the Swing Thought Tour offices at
800-992-8748 and sign up (memberships are granted on a first come first serve
basis, no ranking schools or qualifiers are needed). Membership is $2000 and is
year round from the date you join.
For more information on the Swing Thought Tour visit www.SwingThought.com or call 800-992-8748. Be sure to follow us on
Twitter @SwingThought and on Facebook at http://www.SwingThought.com/
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About Swing Thought Tour
Since its establishment in 1988, Swing Thought Tour
alumni have won an amazing 17 Major Championships. Alumni include two-time
Masters champion Bubba Watson, Masters and Open Champion Zach Johnson, PGA
Championship winners Keegan Bradley, Shaun Micheel and David Toms, Open
Champions Ben Curtis, Stewart Cink and Tom Lehman, U.S. Open Champions Jim
Furyk, Lee Janzen, and Lucas Glover, Open and PGA Champion John Daly, Tour
Championship winners Chad Campbell, Billy Mayfair, and Camilo Villegas, and
recent PGA Tour winners such as Smylie Kaufman, Emiliano Grillo, Matt Every,
Robert Streb, Ben Martin, Kevin Streelman, Michael Thompson, Ted Potter Jr.,
Gary Woodland, Chris Kirk, John Senden, Brian Harman, Brendon Todd, Chesson
Hadley, Russell Henley, Mark Wilson, George McNeill, Scott Stallings, Scott
Piercy, and many many more. In addition, 87 of the 150 players who competed in
the 2015 Web.com Tour Q School Final Stage were past players on the Swing
Thought Tour."
- A Press Release
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