Donald Trump Seeks 100 Golfers to Battle for $1 Million Top Prize in Trump Million Dollar Invitational at Canouan Islandtitle
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Signs on as Presenting Sponsor of Inaugural Event
MANHATTAN, N.Y., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Billionaire entrepreneur Donald
J. Trump is looking for 100 golfers to participate in the Trump Million Dollar
Invitational, a new, dramatic high stakes golf tournament that will hold its
inaugural event in May 2006 and be broadcast worldwide from the Trump
International Golf Club at Raffles Resort Canouan Island, The Grenadines.
At a press conference today at Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump issued a
challenge to golfers around the world: "I am going to personally give one
million dollars to the one golfer who can prove they have the skill and nerve
it takes to survive under the most extreme pressure on one of the worlds most
demanding courses. Because Im not going to just give $1 Million away ...
theyre going to have to take it."
The 2006 Trump Million Dollar Invitational at Raffles Resort Canouan
Island will be held May 21-26, 2006. Participation is open to all
professional or amateur golfers 18 years of age or older who are not currently
members of the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide Tour or
European Tour. Entries will be accepted from Jan. 10-March 31, 2006 at
http://www.trumpmilliondollar.com . As an invitation-only event, a maximum of
100 players will be invited to compete in the 54-hole stroke play tournament;
entry fee is $15,000 per player. All entry fees collected will be awarded,
creating a $1.5 million dollar prize pool. Players are responsible for all
travel, lodging, meals and other expenses associated with their participation
in the event.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf will be presenting sponsor of the 2006 Trump
Million Dollar Invitational; in addition, TaylorMade is the official golf
equipment sponsor, adidas is the official apparel/footwear sponsor and Maxfli
is the official ball sponsor. "We believe this is going to be a very unique
and exciting golf event," said Mark King, TaylorMade-adidas Golfs CEO. "It
is a great fit with our family of brands because it shares our passion for
golf, relies on great performances and embraces the spirit of competition. We
are proud to partner with the Trump organization to bring this event to life."
Andy Batkin, CEO of Innovative Media Solutions (IMS), noted, "There are no
stronger world class brands than Trump, TaylorMade-adidas and Raffles Resorts.
Anyone competing in this event is in for the golf experience of a lifetime on
one of the worlds great golf courses in the paradise that is Canouan Island."
The Trump Million Dollar Invitational is a production of Manhattan Beach, CA-
based IMS and Winnercomm, Inc., Americas largest independent sports
production company.
Named "Best of the Best" in 2005 by Robb Report, the Trump International
Golf Club at Raffles Resort is one of the Caribbeans few world-class golf
courses. Designed by the legendary Jim Fazio, the 18-hole, par 72 course
demands accuracy and finesse. The course covers 140 acres along the sea
front, flat coastal plain and carved hillsides above the bay and resort.
Raffles Resort Canouan Island is located on Canouan Island in the heart of
the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean. Opened in November 2004, the
resort is part of a 1,200-acre private estate featuring secluded white sand
beaches and surrounded by one of the worlds largest coral reefs. The resort
was designed by renowned Italian architect Luigi Vietti and is owned by
Canouan Resorts Development (CRD). Its signature RafflesAmrita Spa was named
2005 "Best of the Best Spa" by Robb Report, the international authority on the
luxury lifestyle.
The Event
The Trump Million Dollar Invitational is a three-day, 54-hole stroke play
competition without the benefit of handicap. The players with the ten lowest
scores will advance to the Grand Prize Matches on May 26, 2006. Ties in the
54-hole tournament will be broken by a playoff at the Trump International Golf
Club and will continue until there are ten players left that will move on to
the Grand Prize Match.
The ten Grand Prize Match finalists will compete in a nine-hole playoff
where one player will be eliminated on each hole until there are only two
players left, who will then play the final hole for the $1 Million Grand
Prize. Ties on each hole will be broken by participation in a skills
competition by all players who are tied for the highest score on each hole
until one player is eliminated. Skills shall be putting, chipping, sand shots
and driving accuracy and will be chosen at the discretion of the tournament
director and fully disclosed prior to the commencement of the Grand Prize
Matches.
Additional prize monies will be awarded as follows:
2nd Place: $150,000
3rd Place: $90,000
4th Place: $65,000
5th Place: $45,000
6th Place: $40,000
7th Place: $35,000
8th Place: $30,000
9th Place: $25,000
10th Place: $20,000
The Trump Million Dollar Invitational will be televised by ESPN in July,
2006 and distributed worldwide. Further details can be found on the events
web site, http://www.trumpmilliondollar.com . For sponsorship inquiries,
contact Phil Bough at 310-426-2503 or pbough@winnercomm.com .
Media Contacts:
Lynda Haschke
Winnercomm
972.740.3529
lhaschke@winnercomm.com
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Davidson PR (Canouan Island)
212.696.0660
jmcguire@ldpr.com
