Manhattan, New York, USA (January 10, 2006) – Billionaire entrepreneur Donald J Trump is looking for 100 golfers to participate in the Trump Million Dollar Invitational. The new, dramatic high stakes golf tournament 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 world’s most demanding courses. Because I’m not going to just give $1 million away…they’re 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 January 10 through April 10, 2006 on the Trump Million Dollar website. As an invitation-only event, a maximum of 100 players will be invited to compete in the 54-hole stroke play tournament. All entry fees ($15,000 per player) 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.
In addition to the $1 million grand prize, $150,000 will be awarded for second place, $90,000 for third place, $65,000 for fourth place, $45,000 for fifth place, $40,000 for sixth place, $35,000 for seventh place, $30,000 for eighth place, $25,000 for ninth place, and $20,000 for tenth place.
Named Best of the Best in 2005 by Robb Report, the Trump International Golf Club at Raffles Resort is one of the Caribbean’s 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 seafront flat coastal plain and carved hillsides above the bay and resort.
Raffles Resort Canouan Island, designed by renowned Italian architect Luigi Vietti, 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 world’s largest coral reefs. Its signature RafflesAmrita Spa was named 2005 Best of the Best Spa by Robb Report, the international authority on the luxury lifestyle.
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