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PGA TOUR AND USA NETWORK STAGE KID'S DAY AT MIAMI'S
DORAL
PGA TOUR PRO NOTAH BEGAY SERVES AS HOST
Miami, Fl., Feb. 28, 2003 - PGA TOUR pro Notah Begay
will offer his expertise to 300 kids at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in
Miami on Tuesday, March 4 (4:20 PM) as part of the PGA TOUR/USA Network Youth
Golf Clinics "Kid's Day."
Begay, who is expected to play at the Ford
Championship at Doral beginning March 6 (USA Network, Thurs-Fri., March
6-7, 4 PM Live ET/1 PM Live PT), will serve as host of Kid's Day. The
exhibition also will showcase shot-making skills and trick shots by Dennis
Walters. The final clinic week includes a golf challenge competition,
graduation ceremony, as well as awarding trophies and certificates. Two
youngsters will receive golf scholarships and all participants receive
mini-sets of golf clubs.
The seventh PGA TOUR/USA Youth Golf Clinic of the
2003 season is the initiative of the PGA TOUR and USA Network in which 29 clinics
spanning coast-to-coast are scheduled to eventually introduce the game of
golf to over 10,000 youths nationwide in 2003.
The PGA TOUR/USA Youth Golf Clinics with 300
multicultural kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Miami and the Overtown
Youth Center takes place at Miami's International Links at Melreese North and
South Sites from Feb. 24-March 28. The clinics include five weeks of 1
1/2-hour sessions with each participant receiving a golf shirt, golf balls
and hat. Each day, participants will learn and practice the fundamentals of
the game of golf.
The PGA TOUR/USA Youth Golf Clinics are designed to
introduce youngsters to golf and provide them access to the game, facilities,
equipment and instruction. Each clinic is available to children (7-17
years-old) residing within a 30-mile radius of the clinic locale. This event
is coordinated through USA Network, PGA TOUR and the
Multicultural Golf Association of America (MGAA). Comcast, South Florida Interconnect is the local
cable affiliate sponsor of the program.
The PGA TOUR is a tax-exempt membership organization
of professional golfers. More than 120 events are being contested on the
three tours in 2003, for approximately $290 million in prize money. In
addition to providing competitive opportunities for its membership, TOUR
events also generate significant sums of money for charity. TOUR events have
raised nearly $700 million for charity since 1938, the first year such
records were kept. The PGA TOUR's web site address is www.pgatour.com
USA Network is cable
television's leading provider of original series and feature movies, sports
events, off-net television shows and blockbuster theatrical films. USA
Network is available in 82% of all U.S. homes, and is seen in 86 million U.S. homes. The USA Network Web site is located
at www.usanetwork.com.
USA Network is a program service of Universal
Television Group (www.universalstudios.com), a division of Vivendi UNIVERSAL
Entertainment (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of
Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
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Contacts:
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Dr. Maureen Condon
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Tom Caraccioli
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MGAA, Inc.
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USA Sports
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(631) 288-8255
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(212) 413-5686
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mgaainc@aol.com
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Tom.Caraccioli@unistudios.com
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