Opportunities afforded to members of the Advocates Professional Golf Association have grown slowly since the tour’s inception in 2010 as a place for African American and other minority golfers to play professionally.
ST. LOUIS (Jul. 25, 2023) – The second edition of the Ascension Classic presented by Daugherty Business Solutions will feature a first-class 36-hole stroke-play professional golf tournament August 9-10, 2023, at Glen Echo Country Club in North St. Louis County. The tournament’s new earlier date on the calendar, in advance of the PGA TOUR Champion’s Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson, will focus the spotlight on a field of high performing and diverse professional golfers striving to take the next step in their golf careers.
Read More View Full PDFOpportunities afforded to members of the Advocates Professional Golf Association have grown slowly since the tour’s inception in 2010 as a place for African American and other minority golfers to play professionally.
One step has been for APGA tournaments to align with PGA or PGA Tour Champions events.
ST. LOUIS (May 18, 2022) – The APGA Tour St. Louis – Ascension Classic announced today that the winner of its inaugural event, coming to North St. Louis County, Sept. 8-9, 2022, at Glen Echo Country Club, will receive an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba this fall.
View Full PDFAscension and the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, in association with the Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson, have formed a three-year agreement to host a new professional golf tournament in St. Louis. The APGA Tour St. Louis – Ascension Classic presented by Daugherty Business Solutions will debut Sept. 8-9, 2022, at Glen Echo Country Club in North St. Louis County.
Read More on stlamerican.comST. LOUIS (Feb. 25, 2022) – Ascension and the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour, in association with the Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson, have formed a three-year agreement to host a new professional golf tournament in St. Louis. The APGA Tour St. Louis – Ascension Classic presented by Daugherty Business Solutions will debut Sept. 8-9, 2022, at Glen Echo Country Club in North St. Louis County.
View Full PDFThe Ascension Classic, presented by Daugherty Business Solutions, is set to bring the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour to town for the first of a three-year agreement to host a 36-hole tournament at Glen Echo (Sept. 8-9) that will complement and coincide with the second annual Ascension Charity Classic (Sept. 5-11) at Norwood Hills.
St. Louis to welcome APGA event.
St. Louis welcomes new APGA Tour event.
Ascension, the St. Louis-based Catholic nonprofit health system, has inked a three-year deal with a professional league for a new event to be held in conjunction with the Ascension Charity Classic, a PGA Tour Champions tournament that launched in 2021.
Read More on bizjournals.comST. LOUIS — St. Louis-based Catholic nonprofit health system Ascension is bringing another golf tournament to north St. Louis County.
Ascension and the Advocates Professional Golf Association said Friday they have inked a three-year deal to bring a new tournament, named the APGA Tour St. Louis – Ascension Classic presented by Daugherty Business Solutions, to Glen Echo Country Club.
Nick jumps on the show to talk about a brand new announcement for the Ascension Charity Golf Classic: they will be creating a 2nd event with the APGA to help reach out to young, minority golfers in the area and continue to broaden the horizons of golfing in STL.
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