APGA NEWS

Cisco Becomes Presenting Partner of the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA Tour) today announced a partnership expansion which establishes the worldwide technology leader as the Presenting Partner of the APGA Tour, further cementing the two organizations’ shared commitment to bringing greater diversity to the game of golf.

Mastercard APGA Tour Championship set for live broadcast

The APGA Tour, committed to bringing greater diversity to the game of golf, will showcase 48 top diverse professional golfers as they compete for the $155,000 purse at the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship. Taking place from Aug. 12-13 at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia, the event promises thrilling competition and a season-long celebration of APGA’s commitment to supporting and developing underrepresented golfers. Several players have recently made significant strides on both the APGA Tour and the PGA TOUR.

APGA Tour finds path to greater diversity in golf and ‘an amazing journey’

In just 13 years, the APGA Tour has grown from three tournaments, all on municipal courses, to 18 tournaments that include some PGA Tour venues. It has seen total purses swell from $40,000 in the first year to $1 million this year. It has gone from being out of sight, out of mind to much of the golf world to having the final round of its Farmers Insurance Invitational broadcast live on the Golf Channel. Bentley was in the Farmers tent when the final round was broadcast for the first time.