| EVENT: |
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2008 Nationwide Tour Players Cup |
| DATES: |
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July 7-13, 2008; Pro-Am on July 7 and July 9 |
| SITE: |
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Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport, WV |
| Golf Channel: |
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Golf Channel will provide live coverage of all four days of tournament play (July 10-13) as well as same day replays and Monday (7/14) replay of final round. |
| PURSE: |
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$1,000,000; first prize is $180,000 (both are records). |
| TROPHY: |
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Nationwide Tour to commission West Virginia artisans to craft trophy. |
| FORMAT: |
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Four-day, 72-hole stroke-play competition; 36-hole cut to the lowest 60 scores and ties after play on Friday, July 11. There will be no open qualifying or sponsor invitees. |
| ELIGIBILITY: |
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Top-144 players off the 2008 money list through the preceding event (Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, Canada, June 23-29). |
| THE 25: |
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25 PGA TOUR cards for 2009 will be awarded at the conclusion of the Nationwide Tour Championship based on the final money list. |
| Nationwide Tour: |
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The Nationwide Tour is home today to the PGA TOUR's stars of tomorrow. Graduates of the Nationwide Tour have amassed over 200 PGA TOUR wins and currently compose 65% of the TOUR's membership. |
| Charity: |
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Thanks to the contributions of players, sponsors, fans, and volunteers, the PGA TOUR and its tournaments give back to over 2,000 local charities every year and in 2005 surpassed $1-billion in charitable donations. The Nationwide Tour Players Cup has given almost $400,000 since 2004 to the following charities: Robert H. Mollohan Charitable Foundation, Clarksburg League for Service, Genesis Youth Crisis Center, Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Central WV, Medbrook Children's Charities, United Health Foundation (Camp Catch Your Breath), and the West Virginia Golf Foundation - William C. Campbell Scholarship. |
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