MANHATTAN, New York, CMC
BILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR Donald Trump is looking for 100 golfers to participate in the Trump Million-Dollar Invitational in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a media release says.
The event is a new, dramatic high stakes golf tournament that will hold its inaugural event in May at the Trump International Golf Club at Raffles Resort on Canouan, in the southern Grenadines.
"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 world's most demanding courses. Because I'm not going to just give US$1 million away, they're going to have to take it," Trump said at a press conference in Manhattan on Tuesday as he issued a challenge to golfers around the world.
OPEN TO PROFESSIONALS, AMATEURS
The 2006 Trump Million Dollar Invitational at Raffles Resort Canouan will be held May 21-26 and is open to all professional or amateur golfers 18 and older, who are not currently members of the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide Tour or European Tour.
The event is an invitation-only one and a maximum of 100 players will be invited to compete in the 54-hole stroke play tournament. The entry fee is US$15,000 per player.
All entry fees collected will be awarded, creating a US$1.5 million dollar prize pool.
Players are responsible for all travel, lodging, meals and other expenses associated with their participation in the event.
THREE-DAY TOURNAMENT
The Trump Million Dollar Invitational is a three-day competition without the benefit of handicap. The players with the lowest 10 scores will advance to the grand prize matches on May 26.
The 10 finalists will compete in a nine-hole play-off 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 US$1 million grand prize.
Prizes will also be given to players placing second to 10th.
Raffles Resort Canouan Island is located on Canouan in the heart of the southern Grenadines.
The Trump Million Dollar Invitational will be televised by ESPN in July 2006 and distributed worldwide.
