How do your shirts compare to the many other golf shirts currently for sale?
The idea of the shirt is to create a high quality golf shirt that looks and feels the same as the shirts that a lot of the top pros currently wear. We will only make one million of these shirts and when they’re gone, they’re gone. The only way that you can get a chance to take part in this event is by purchasing one from our apparel range.
When will the draw take place?
The draw will take place in July 2015 and the event itself will then take place in October 2015, so the lucky 50 golfers will have time to get loads of coaching and practice. All travel arrangements will be taken care of by us.
What will the Golf1million experience be like?
All the golfers will get the full VIP treatment for the week: TV interviews, chauffeur transfers, coaching, top-class hotel rooms, an amazing welcome party and prize presentation dinner. Each player will get to bring one other person for this once in a lifetime experience.
So the big question: what does the winner get?
The sports world’s most valuable trophy; it is worth US$1 million. This is a winner-takes-all event.
Won’t the golfer who wins lose their amateur status upon accepting the trophy?
Under the R&A’s Rules of golf, an amateur may accept a symbolic prize of any value (Rule 3-2a). What is meant by a symbolic prize? Well, this is a trophy made of gold, silver, ceramic or glass etc that is permanently and distinctively engraved. The USGA’s Rule on the subject is very similar. For instance, if you manage to win The Open Championship as an amateur – which Bobby Jones did in 1926 – that replica Claret Jug is all yours. So whoever wins the first Golf1million Series event will get to keep the trophy.
Where will the event take place?
We have yet to confirm the host location but trust me, it will be somewhere amazing. Currently we are looking at Las Vegas, China, the Middle East or possibly Vietnam to host this event. All will be revealed very soon.
What is the format of the event itself?
As we want this to be a true test of golf we have decided to begin with two rounds of stroke play. After two rounds the top eight players go through to a shoot-out match-play format. On day three they will play the quarter-final and semi-finals, and day four we will have the final two play for the title and trophy under the watchful gaze of TV viewers from around the world. It’s going to be very special week.
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