The BCA Tour

[Celtic]

Professional men’s/open tour.
*26 events.
*Tour stops across North America in the large centres.
*Standardized fields (128) and payouts (25K to the winner at least, payout to 1/2 the field).
*Both local sponsorship for individual events and national sponsorship for the tour as a whole.
*Qualification tournaments for tour cards.
*Invite only tournaments to players with tour cards and a few sponsor exemptions much as the PGA works.
*Money requirements for keeping your card the following year, the bottom lose out to make room for the new qualifiers getting their cards.
*Played on standardized Diamond tables (Great publicity for MG) with standardized Simonis cloth (they gotta sponsor though or else some other cloth company).
*Played only in large event centres with paid admission seating (cheap until it catches on), no pool halls.

This is my dream.

 

[satman]

Dreams are how things get started. I too, have a similar dream of being part of getting this thing started. I may not find the funding, but I will ask. I have a plan to start searching for the funds after the end of this month. My plan was only for about 12 stops the first year. But 26 would be nice. Sam

 

[Williebetmore]

Why not have an evening pro-am before the tournament? Proceeds to charity, encourage local celebrities to participate, encourage media coverage. It is a lot easier to obtain corporate backing if some portion goes to charity (ask the PGA).