Friday, March 28, 2008

New Podcast Posted

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have posted a Podcast interview with Lisa Mickey, Director of Communications for the Duramed FUTURES Tour. You can choose to download the podcast by going to our company website - http://www.gamedaypr.com - or you can go to the Podcast section of the iTunes Store, search on Betsy Ross, and select the icon that says Game Day Communications.

More podcasts will be posted as we get nearer to the tournament.

In the next week, look for an updated posting directed towards volunteers as well as some information about advertising that you'll start seeing in the near future. We'll also have some exciting news about sponsors in the next few weeks also.

Remember, to stay in touch with the Duramed FUTURES Tour, visit the tour's website - http://www.duramedfuturestour.com.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Golf Season is Coming Soon!

Now that we've made it out of February, it won't be long before the ladies are teeing it up on June 20th at the Golf Center at Kings Island in the 2008 Duramed Championship.

Many groups are busily working now - all focusing on making this the best stop of the Duramed FUTURES Tour. Mary Wright continues to organize her volunteers, which now number over 300! The folks at Kings Island are gearing up for the event with construction of a temporary driving range scheduled to begin this week. Thanks to our friends at Duke Energy for their help in making this happen. We continue to work on selling sponsorships and ProAm groups and to work with partners to help bring large crowds out to the Golf Center.

The Duramed FUTURES Tour starts play next week in Lakeland, FL and the LPGA Tour started just a few weeks ago. Last week, at the Fields Open, 6 of the Top 10 finishers were graduates from the Duramed FUTURES Tour - and Duramed FUTURES Tour alum Lorena Ochoa didn't even play in the Fields Open! We'll continue to watch the LPGA Tour results to see how the alumnae from the Duramed Tour perform. There will also be four players from the Duramed FUTURES Tour competing in Golf Channel's upcoming Big Break, which airs starting on April 15th. As we get closer to that date, look for more information on Big Break and the players who you could very well see in Cincinnati later this summer.

Look for updated blogs every week or two over the next few months with more frequent postings as we get closer to the Duramed Championship. In addition to keeping you updated on how things are going relative to this year's event, we will also be looking back on the LPGA Championships held at Kings Island back in the 1970s and 1980s.

If you have any specific topics you'd like us to blog about, please post a reply to this message and we'll see about queuing up your topic. Here's hoping that the weather improves enough between now and the next posting so that we can all get out and dust the rust off of our swings. Until next time, hit them straight!